Owl No. 2

1968

Ben Shahn

Artist, American, 1898 - 1969

Atelier Mourlot

Printer

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 60.33 × 32.39 cm (23 3/4 × 12 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 66.99 × 51.75 cm (26 3/8 × 20 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.3418

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Prescott 1973, no. 84

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Olga Hirshhorn, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1973

  • Prescott, Kenneth W. The Complete Graphic Works of Ben Shahn. New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co., 1973, p. 82, no. 84.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Ben Shahn

Markings

stamped lower right in red ink: [the artist's chop mark]

Watermarks

Arches / Mourlot

Wikidata ID

Q77010350

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