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The Handshake

1942

Ben Shahn

Associated Names

Ben Shahn

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

The illustration features two men engaging in a handshake. One man has a mustard yellow face, a prominent nose, thin black hair, and wears glasses and a brown suit. The other man also has a mustard yellow face, is bald, wears glasses, and a blue suit with a red tie. Both have exaggerated facial features characteristic of caricature art. The background is plain white.

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Artwork overview

Medium

screenprint on wove paper
Credit Line

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

image: 40 × 56 cm (15 3/4 × 22 1/16 in.)
sheet (irreg.): 49.1 × 64.1 cm (19 5/16 × 25 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.4343
Catalogue Raisonné

Prescott 1973, no. 6

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. 6.

Inscriptions

"Ben Shahn" lower right margin, red colored pencil. Not dated.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q76551885

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