This is Nazi Brutality

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

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1942

Offset lithograph on paper

Overall: 40 9/16 × 30 9/16 in. (103 × 77.6 cm)

Sight: 38 1/16 × 28 3/8 in. (96.6 × 72 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Willis S. Fitch, Class of 1917 or Gift of Edward Tuck, Class of 1862

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

PS.987.6.762

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Poster

Research Area

Poster

Not on view

Inscriptions

(US Govt. Printing Office/ OWI Poster No. 11)

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 37, Lines of Text, Jonathan Beilin, Class of 2007, Mellon Special Project Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 20-May 6, 2007.

On All Fronts: Posters from the World Wars in the Dartmouth Collection, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30-July 4, 1999.

Publication History

Diane Miliotes, "On All Fronts: Posters from the World Wars in the Dartmouth Collection." In Diane Miliotes, Nermina Zildzo, War Posters, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1999, p. 9, fig.10 p.9, listed p.5.

Jonathan Beilin, A Space for Dialogue 37, Lines of Text, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2007, ill. p. 3.

Provenance

Acquired by either Willis Stetson Fitch (1896-1978) or Edward Tuck (1842-1938), date unknown; given to Special Collections, Baker Library, Dartmouth College, date unknown; transferred to present collection, 1987.

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