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Ben Shahn, American (born Russia, now Lithuania), 1898 - 1969

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1944

Color lithograph on paper

Overall: 29 7/8 × 39 3/4 in. (75.9 × 101 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Wilbur Hugh Ferry, Class of 1932

Art © Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

PS.956.36.1

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Poster

Research Area

Poster

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed, in plate, upper right: Ben Shahn

Exhibition History

Images of an Era: The American Poster, 1945-1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., November 21, 1975-January 4, 1976; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, February 2-March 19, 1976; Museum of Science and Industry, April 1-May 2, 1976; Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York, New York, May 24-July 8, 1976; ICA Gallery, London, England, September 9-October 10, 1976; Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland, October 23-November 20, 1976; Bergens Kunstforening, Norway, February 4-20, 1977; Henie-Onstad Museum, Oslo, Norway, March 7-April 7, 1977; Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany, April 22-June 3, 1977; North Jutland Museum, Aalborg, Denmark, June 24-August 12, 1977; Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria, September 2-October 14, 1977; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 1-December 1977; Louisiana Museum Humlebaek, Denmark, January 15-February 22, 1978; Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany, March 10-April 21, 1978; Musee es Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France, May 3-June 4, 1978; San Niccolo, Spoleto, Italy, June 23-July 15, 1978.

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