Blind Botanist
Blind Botanist
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
the theme of the blind botanist and illustrates his concern with what he called “The paradox of man’s
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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One Must Know the Animals from the Rilke Portfolio, Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969)
Title: One Must Know the Animals from the Rilke Portfolio
Year: 1968
Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate
Edition: 750
Size: 22.5 x 17.7...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints
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Culture
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
Ben Shahn created this 1968 serigraph entitled “CULTURE” in black ink with red calligraphy. This is an UNSIGNED impression. Provenance; Shahn estate, private collector, The Old Pri...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints
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Corita Kent Original Serigraph Vietnam War Protest, "Wouldn't You Go to Jail.."
By Corita Kent
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original serigraph by Sister Mary Corita Kent (1918-1986). Sheet size: 25"h x 30"w.
Titled “Would You Go to Jail if it Would End the War? Quote by activist Daniel Ellsberg.
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Late 20th Century Prints
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H 26 in W 31 in D 0.03 in
"Two Days of Childhood That are Still Unexplained, " Litho signed by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Two Days of Childhood That are Still Unexplained" from "For the Sake of a Single Verse" is an original lithograph signed in the lower right by the artist Ben Shahn. It depicts six f...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Prints
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Antique 1860s Harpers Weekly Frigate Sinking Privateer Nautical War Engraving 28
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique hand colored engraving depicting “The United States Frigate ‘St. Lawrence’ Sinking the Privateer ‘Petrel’ at Sea, August 1, 1861,” extracted from the August 24, 1861 issue of...
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Antique 1860s Victorian Prints
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Paper
H 21 in W 0.125 in D 27.75 in
Unexpected Meetings from the Rilke Portfolio, Lithograph by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969)
Title: Unexpected Meetings from the Rilke Portfolio
Year: 1968
Medium: Lithograph on Richard de Bas, signed in the plate
Edition: 200
Size: ...
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1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
PORTRAIT OF SACCO AND VANZETTI.
By Ben Shahn
Located in Portland, ME
Shahn, Ben. PORTRAIT OF SACCO AND VANZETTI. P.32. Serigraph in black,
1958. Edition unspecified; Prescott knew of 55 copies. Printed on
Japan paper. Signed "Ben Shahn" in red brush;...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
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Screen
"Many Men" Stone Lithograph by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in San Diego, CA
Limited edition lithograph entitled "Many Men" by Ben Shahn, circa late 1960s. "Many Men" depicts modernist black silhouette figures in business suits on a teeming street. Released b...
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper
Suzanna and the Elders
By Ben Shahn
Located in Miami, FL
A modern interpretation of the biblical story Suzanna and the Elders.
Signed lower right
Ink and wash on paper
The Downtown Gallery
Felix Landau Gallery
Ernest Brown & Phillips, Ltd...
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1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Ben Shahn, for the Sake of a Single Verse, Signed Original Lithograph
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
This original is from portfolio number: 711
Ben Shahn (1898 - 1969) was one of the most skilled and creative lithographers America has ever known. From easel painting to massive m...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Contemporary Art
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Paper
Civil War Panorama of the Seat of War by John Bachmann, Antique Print circa 1864
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Panorama of the seat of war. Bird's-eye View of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia.
This third state of this fascinating bird's eye view of the northernmost p...
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Antique 1860s American Maps
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Paper
H 33.5 in W 41.5 in D 2 in
Beside the Dead from the Rilke Portfolio, Lithograph by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969)
Title: Beside the Dead from the Rilke Portfolio
Year: 1968
Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate
Edition: 750
Size: 22.5 x 17.75 in. (57....
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 22.5 in W 17.75 in
Antique Print of an Egyptian Bey, 1818
Located in Langweer, NL
Egypt is governed under a Pacha, who is nominated by the Porte, and who usually resides at Grand Cairo; by twenty-four Beys; who form a divan, of which the Pacha, who has also the ti...
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Antique 18th Century Prints
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Paper
Memories of Many Nights of Love from the Rilke Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, Lithuanian/American (1898 - 1969)
Title: Memories of Many Nights of Love from the Rilke Portfolio
Year: 1968
Medium: Lithograph on Richard de Bas, printed signatur...
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1960s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
IMMIGRANT FAMILY
By Ben Shahn
Located in Portland, ME
Shahn, Ben. IMMIGRANT FAMILY. Serigraph, 1941. Prescott 2. Edition size unknown; Prescott knew of only 3. This copy unsigned. 11 1/2 x 18 inches (image), 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 (sheet), fra...
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Levana
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Ben Shahn lithograph entitled “Levana” was created in 1966. It was printed by Gemini G. E. L., Los Angeles, California, in an edition of 150. There are two small embos...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints
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Southwest Plains Oil Painting by Ben Shahn,
By Ben Shahn
Located in Graton, CA
that he could evoke worlds with a single pen stroke or color overlay. Blind Botanist, a drawing for a
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Early 19th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
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Oil
Night and Day
By Ben Shahn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Blind Botanist, a drawing for a painting (1954), demonstrates Shahn's ability to express the poignant
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Ben Shahn (1898 – 1969) was a Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as The Shape of Content. Shahn began his path to becoming an artist in New York, where he was first trained as a lithographer. Shahn's early experiences with lithography and graphic design is apparent in his later prints and paintings which often include the combination of text and image. Shahn's primary medium was egg tempera, popular among social realists. Shahn mixed different genres of art. His body of art is distinctive for its lack of traditional landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. Shahn used both expressive and precise visual languages, which he coalesced through the consistency of his authoritative line. Shahn is also noted for his use of unique symbolism, which is often compared to the imagery in Paul Klee's drawings. His art is striking but also introspective. He often captured figures engrossed in their own worlds. Although he used many mediums, his pieces are consistently thoughtful and playful.
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