The Scientist
Ben Shahn, American (born Russia, now Lithuania), 1898 - 1969
1957
Hand color screenprint on wove paper
Sight: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Sight: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund
Art © Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
PR.963.19
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in red ink, lower right: Ben Shahn
Provenance
Downtown Gallery, New York; sold to present collection, 1963.
Catalogue Raisonne
K. McNulty, The Collected Prints of Ben Shahn, Philadelphia, 1967, no. 53.
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