Ben Shahn

Shahn, Benjamin

American, 1898 - 1969

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US-American painter, graphic designer and photographer of Lithuanian descent

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Ben Shahn, Birds over the City, 1968, color lithograph on Arches wove paper, Gift of Joseph P. DiGangi, 2008.97.4

Birds over the City

Ben Shahn · 1968 · color lithograph on Arches wove paper ·  Accession ID  2008.97.4

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Owl No. 2

Ben Shahn, Atelier Mourlot · 1968 · lithograph in black on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3418

An abstracted, brightly colored dove is at the center of this cream-white poster. The bird's form is outlined in black and its body roughly filled in with horizontal stripes in shades of coral and garnet red, pale and aquamarine blue, and smoky pale purple. The bird faces our left with its beak parted and its wings ruffled. The word “McCARTHY” is prominently printed at the top in black, while the word PEACE” is in bold, all caps in blue at the bottom. The artist signed the poster to the right of the dove, “Ben Shahn.”
Ben Shahn, Health Professions for McCarthy, Lincoln Graphics, New York, McCarthy Peace (poster), 1968, color offset lithograph on wove paper, Gift of Andrew Robison, 2017.22.1

McCarthy Peace (poster)

Ben Shahn, Health Professions for McCarthy, Lincoln Graphics, New York · 1968 · color offset lithograph on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2017.22.1

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Levana

Ben Shahn, James Webb, Gemini G.E.L. · 1966 · lithograph in black and red on Rives BFK wove paper ·  Accession ID  1991.74.197

Ben Shahn, Menorah, 1965, screenprint with transparent watercolor and gold leaf on Japanese paper, Gift of the Slatkin Family, 1983.111.1

Menorah

Ben Shahn · 1965 · screenprint with transparent watercolor and gold leaf on Japanese paper ·  Accession ID  1983.111.1

Ben Shahn, Branches of Water or Desire, 1965, screenprint in black on laid paper, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund, and donation from Tracy Miller), 2015.19.1046

Branches of Water or Desire

Ben Shahn · 1965 · screenprint in black on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.1046

Ben Shahn, Blind Botanist, 1961, screenprint in black and green, Rosenwald Collection, 1964.1.42

Blind Botanist

Ben Shahn · 1961 · screenprint in black and green ·  Accession ID  1964.1.42

Ben Shahn, Alphabet (Greeting Card), 1960s, photo-offset lithograph on wove paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1980.45.1303

Alphabet (Greeting Card)

Ben Shahn · 1960s · photo-offset lithograph on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1980.45.1303

Ben Shahn, Pleiades, 1960, hand-colored screenprint with gold leaf, Rosenwald Collection, 1964.1.43

Pleiades

Ben Shahn · 1960 · hand-colored screenprint with gold leaf ·  Accession ID  1964.1.43

Ben Shahn, Wheat Field, 1958, screenprint with transparent watercolor on watercolor paper, Rosenwald Collection, 1959.10.51

Wheat Field

Ben Shahn · 1958 · screenprint with transparent watercolor on watercolor paper ·  Accession ID  1959.10.51