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Artist/Maker
Ben Shahn
(American, born Lithuania, 1898 - 1969)
Date1958
MediumHand-colored screenprint
DimensionsComposition: 25 3/8 × 38 3/4 in. (64.5 × 98.4 cm)
Sheet: 25 3/8 × 38 3/4 in. (64.5 × 98.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Gilman L. Sessions Memorial Fund
Object number1963.5
Not on view
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
1992
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection." June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 135);
1972
Clinton, NY (Kirkland Art Center, Hamilton College). February 6 - March 6, 1972. (no cat.);
1971
Clinton, NY (Edward W. Root Art Center, Hamilton College). "Multi-Media: Selected Graphic Works, A Loan Exhibition from Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute," December 2 - 18, 1971 (cat. no. 29);
1967
Clinton, NY (Kirkland Art Center). "Music", October 25 - November 30, 1967 (no cat.);
1964
Clinton, NY (Edward W. Root Art Center, Hamilton College). January 1964 (no cat.);
1961
Clinton, NY (Edward W. Root Art Center, Hamilton College). "Purchases Exhibition of Fine Prints in Memory of Gilman L. Sessions, '25," September 17 - October 15, 1961 (no cat.).
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection." June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 135);
1972
Clinton, NY (Kirkland Art Center, Hamilton College). February 6 - March 6, 1972. (no cat.);
1971
Clinton, NY (Edward W. Root Art Center, Hamilton College). "Multi-Media: Selected Graphic Works, A Loan Exhibition from Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute," December 2 - 18, 1971 (cat. no. 29);
1967
Clinton, NY (Kirkland Art Center). "Music", October 25 - November 30, 1967 (no cat.);
1964
Clinton, NY (Edward W. Root Art Center, Hamilton College). January 1964 (no cat.);
1961
Clinton, NY (Edward W. Root Art Center, Hamilton College). "Purchases Exhibition of Fine Prints in Memory of Gilman L. Sessions, '25," September 17 - October 15, 1961 (no cat.).
Provenance
1983: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Student Loan Collection;
1961 - May 1983: Hamilton College (Student Loan Collection);
1961: Hamilton College (Edward W. Root Art Center), by purchase from The Downtown Gallery, New York, for the Student Loan Collection.
1961 - May 1983: Hamilton College (Student Loan Collection);
1961: Hamilton College (Edward W. Root Art Center), by purchase from The Downtown Gallery, New York, for the Student Loan Collection.
Markings
Recto, lower center (watermark): "UNBLEACHED ARNOLD"
Published References
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exhibition catalogue). Clinton, NY: Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 1992.
Signature
Recto, lower right (reddish brown ink): "Ben Shahn"
Ben Shahn
Date: 1934
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2016.17.47
Ben Shahn
Date: 1935
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1983.100
William Heath (Paul Pry)
Date: 1829
Medium: Hand-colored etching on paper
Object number: 1959.154
Honoré Daumier
Date: published December 22, 1841
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1984.42
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.1
Kingstown, St. Vincents (from Cane-Garden Point), from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.3