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Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King
Artist/Maker (American, born Lithuania, 1898 - 1969)
Publisher (active New York, c.1950 – c.1973)
Date1966
MediumWood engraving on Japan paper
DimensionsComposition: 15 in. × 18 3/4 in. (38.1 × 47.6 cm) Sheet: 25 × 20 in. (63.5 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Elbert Lenrow, Class of 1923
Object number1984.328
Not on view
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Exhibition History 2003-2004
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "1968: YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION!", December 5, 2003-February 15, 2004 (unnumbered newspaper-style catalog).

1985
Clinton, NY (Gallery III, Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Selections from the Hamilton College Collection", July 9 - September 8, 1985 (no cat.).
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Elbert Lenrow;
c. 1966-1984: Private collection of Elbert Lenrow, acquired by subscription, International Graphic Arts Society.
Markings No markings noted.
Signature Signed in pencil at lower right below artist's chop: "Ben Shahn"; in pencil at lower left: "Stefan Martin sc."
Inscribed "146/300" at lower center in pencil.
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