Harvard Art Museums > 1960.677: J.B.'s Blue Satan, for "J.B.: A Play in Verse" Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"J.B.'s Blue Satan, for "J.B.: A Play in Verse" (Ben Shahn) , 1960.677,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/308538. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1960.677 People Ben Shahn, American (Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania 1898 - 1969 New York, NY) Title J.B.'s Blue Satan, for "J.B.: A Play in Verse" Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1958 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/308538 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor, tempera, gouache, black chalk, and graphite, with touches of varnish(?) on off-white wove paper mounted to off-white-paper-covered gray board Dimensions actual: 59.5 x 39 cm (23 7/16 x 15 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: black ink, l.r.: Ben Shahn watermark: UNB[LEACHED ARNOLD] stamp: masonite backing, black ink, stamped: See photocopy in curatorial file gallery label: removed from backing? now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: No. 276 exhibition label: removed from backing? now in curatorial file, paper, printed and handwritten: no. 23, titled "J. B.'s Blue Satin Mask" gallery label: on backing? photocopy in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Downtown Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Archibald MacLeish, 1959; gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1960. NOTE: Provenance information taken from the Taller Archive. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Archibald MacLeish Copyright © Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 1960 Object Number 1960.677 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The mask is drawn over two profile heads. Publication History James Thrall Soby, Ben Shahn: Paintings, Braziller (New York, NY, 1963), pl. 83 Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Ben Shahn, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1972), pp. 215-216, pl. 225 Kenneth W. Prescott, The Complete Graphic Works of Ben Shahn, Quadrangle (New York, NY, 1973), p. 41 Exhibition History Ben Shahn, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 12/22/1961 - 01/22/1962; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Brussels, 02/01/1962 - 02/28/1962; Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Roma, Rome, 03/31/1962 - 04/20/1962; Albertina Gallery, Vienna, 05/22/1962 - 06/24/1962 Ben Shahn Graphics, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, 08/20/1962 - 09/09/1962; Galerije Grada Zagreba, Zagreb, 11/06/1962 - 11/30/1962; Moderna Gallerija, Ljubljana, 12/10/1962 - 01/07/1963; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 02/16/1963 - 03/10/1963; Konsthall, Lund, 03/16/1963 - 04/15/1963; Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem, 05/25/1963 - 06/26/1963 10th Annual Exhibition-- Ben Shahn, Temple Beth El, Portland, 05/01/1971 - 05/31/1971 Ben Shahn and the Theatre, Center for the Arts at Purchase, Purchase, 07/01/1982 - 08/08/1982 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/17/2017 - 01/07/2018 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
