Einstein

1950

Ben Shahn

Artist, American, 1898 - 1969

Ben Shahn

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Bud Johns)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 22.54 × 12.07 cm (8 7/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 45.4 × 30.48 cm (17 7/8 × 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3481

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Prescott 1973, no. 62

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, New York; private collection, 1960; Bud Johns, San Francisco, California, c. 1973; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2013; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2013

  • Recent Acquisitions: American Art from the Johns Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2013-2014

Bibliography

1950

  • Einstein, Albert. "On the Generalized Theory of Relativity." Scientific American 182, no. 4 (April 1950): p. 17.

1973

  • Prescott, Kenneth W. The Complete Graphic Works of Ben Shahn. New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co., 1973, p. 191, no. 241.

Inscriptions

lower right on stone: Ben Shahn; lower center in graphite: For Ted Nov 1960 - Ben

Wikidata ID

Q77010478

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