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Vandenberg, Dewey, and Taft

1941

Ben Shahn

Associated Names

Ben Shahn

Artist, American, born Russia (now Lithuania), 1898 - 1969

The image shows three men with exaggerated facial features engaging in conversation. Each man has yellowish skin tones. The man on the left has short hair and wears glasses, the middle man has short wavy hair, and the man on the right is balding and also wears glasses. They are dressed in black tuxedos with white shirts and black bow ties. The background is a simple, muted gray color.

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Artwork overview

Medium

screenprint
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 380 x 556 mm
sheet: 435 x 587 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.4346
Catalogue Raisonné

Prescott 1973, no. 5

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1973

Prescott, Kenneth W. The Complete Graphic Works of Ben Shahn. New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co., 1973, no. 5.

Wikidata ID

Q76551891

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