Art Object Page

Admission is always free Directions

Open today: 10:00 to 5:00

Home » Collection » Singing at the Piano

Ben Shahn: American, 1898 - 1969

Singing at the Piano
1950s-1960s: black ink on wove paper; sheet: 24.45 × 16.03 cm (9 5/8 × 6 5/16 in.); Corcoran Collection (Bequest of George Biddle); 2015.19.2547; Not on View

zoom
share

Inscription
Provenance
Exhibition History
Bibliography
Related Content

Inscription

lower left in graphite: For George Biddle -; lower right in black ink: Ben Shahn

Provenance

George Biddle, Croton-on-Hudson, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1974; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

1980: That’s Entertainment, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980

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

Bibliography

1983: Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 193, no. 1302.