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Artist: Ben Shahn
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. I Have A Dream, Black and White Portrait, Civil Rights
By Ben Shahn
Located in Union City, NJ
BEN SHAHN- Martin Luther King, Jr. - I Have A Dream is a limited run, plate signed commemorative lithograph recreated after the wood engraving by Stefan Martin(1936 - 1994), an American wood engraver and illustrator. Printed using traditional lithography methods in 1981 on fine quality, archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free. Features a striking black and white portrait head portraying the fine wood engraved image of civil rights leader - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. along with text from his famed inspirational, I’ve been to the mountaintop’ speech. Printed signatures of Ben Shahn in dark brown red ink and Martin Luther King Jr. in gray ink. (see Photos)Artists copyright text printed...
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1980s Contemporary Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

original lithograph
By Ben Shahn
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1950 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 19...
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1950s Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Unexpected Meetings from the Rilke Portfolio
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 i...
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1960s Expressionist Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

"A good man is hard to find" Original Vintage Ben Shahn Political Satire Poster
By Ben Shahn
Located in Boston, MA
A superb satrical poster by Ben Shahn for the 1948 Presidential election that features the Republican and Democratic candidates, who Shahn felt did not offer any real choice to voters. Shahn instead threw his allegiance to the Progressive candidate Henry Wallace...
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1940s American Realist Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Basketball Player
By Ben Shahn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Basketball Player Gouache on card stock, c. 1940 Signed by the artist in ink lower center A study for the fresco mural in the Social Security Buildin...
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1940s American Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Gouache

Atelier Mourlot by Ben Shahn, 1968
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn Medium: Original Lithographic poster, 1968 Dimensions: 28 x 21 in, 71 x 53 cm Arches Paper - Perfect Condition A+ This original lithographic poster by Ben Shahn was created to promote the opening of the Atelier Mourlot...
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1960s Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Clanging Cymbals (Psalm 150)
By Ben Shahn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Clanging Cymbals (Psalm 150) Lithograph printed on Arches Velin paper, 1969-1070) Stamped signature (see photo) Numbered in pencil left of signature Signed "Mourlot Lith" in pencil l...
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1960s American Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

WARNING! Register*Vote, INFLATION means DEPRESSION
By Ben Shahn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
WARNING! Register*Vote, INFLATION means DEPRESSION Photo lithograph, 1946 Signed in the image lower left Published by CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) before their merger with the AFL (American Federation of Labor) see photo Edition: unknown This is a poster that was in high usage throughout the country. Very few have survived. Condition: Issues as with a used poster...
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1940s American Realist Ben Shahn Art

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Offset

Ben Shahn McCarthy Peace
By Ben Shahn
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Ben Shahn McCarthy Peace poster, 1968. When Eugene McCarthy ran for U.S. president in 1968 against incumbent Lyndon Johnson, his candidacy was based on ...
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1960s Pop Art Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Man Sounding Horn (Psalm 150)
By Ben Shahn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Man Sounding Horn (Psalm 150) Lithograph, 1969-1970 Estate signed: "Ben Shahn/by B.B. Shahn" in pencil lower center Stamped signature lower right (see photo) Signed by Mourlot Lith. ...
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1960s American Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

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 Print Shop...
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1960s Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Screen

To Childhood Illnesses from the Rilke Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
The Rilke Portfolio by Ben Shahn contained 24 prints from the Atelier Mourlot in New York. The Munn Collection offers 7 unframed lithographs from the o...
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1960s American Realist Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

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 editi...
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1960s Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Untitled (Double sided watercolor) Recto: Figures seated at a table
By Ben Shahn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Watercolor on paper Most probably related to the artist's creation of images surrounding Haggadah (Passover) which he started in 1930 and finished with the publication of his book in 1965. Note: Many of the illustrations in Shahn’s Haggadah were made around 1930. However, it was not until 1965 that the artist collected the drawings and watercolors together to form the printed Haggadah. Shahn said that the work “reflects my memories of the Passover in my father’s house. It reflects my early impressions and feelings; the images that were always invoked in my fancy by the majestic and meaningful ritual.” The theme of struggle against oppression, which is central to the Passover story, was a common one in Shahn’s work. At the time the Haggadah illustrations were made, Shahn was also working on a set of illustrations depicting the Dreyfus Affair, in which a Jewish Frenchman was falsely accused of espionage and imprisoned for nearly five years in the infamous Devil’s Island penal colony in French Guiana. From 1961 to 1967, Shahn worked on the stained glass at Temple Beth Zion, a Buffalo, NY synagogue designed by Harrison & Abramovitz. The Haggadah is a Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder. Reading the Haggadah at the Seder table is a fulfillment of the mitzvah to each Jew to "tell your son" of the Jewish liberation from slavery in Egypt as described in the Book of Exodus in the Torah ("And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying: It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of...
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1960s American Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Watercolor

For the Sake of A Single Verse by Rainer Maria Rilke
By Ben Shahn
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ben Shahn For the Sake of A Single Verse by Rainer Maria Rilke Portfolio of 3 Lithographs on Richard de Bas hand-made paper in Original ...
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1960s Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Hand Signed Litho WPA Artist Rilke Poem Lithograph Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
"To Days of Childhood That are Still Unexplained". It depicts six female silhouette figures in long dresses or coats against a blue and pastel purple background. From the Rainier Ma...
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1950s American Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Screams of Woman in Labor
By Ben Shahn
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
The Rilke Portfolio by Ben Shahn contained 24 prints from the Atelier Mourlot in New York. The Munn Collection offers 7 unframed lithographs from the original collection. Lithograp...
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1960s American Realist Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

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 Ben Shahn Art

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
SCARCE EARLY WORK. BEN SHAHN Levana and our Lady's Sorrows. lithograph printed in sepia on Papier Ancien, 1931. 13 1/8x9 7/8 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued. One of o...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
SCARCE EARLY WORK. BEN SHAHN Levana and our Lady's Sorrows. lithograph printed in sepia on Papier Ancien, 1931. 13 1/8x9 7/8 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued. One of o...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
SCARCE EARLY WORK. BEN SHAHN Levana and our Lady's Sorrows. lithograph printed in sepia on Papier Ancien, 1931. 13 1/8x9 7/8 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued. One of o...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Many Cities from the Rilke Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
The Rilke Portfolio by Ben Shahn contained 24 prints from the Atelier Mourlot in New York. The Munn Collection offers 7 unframed lithographs from the o...
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1960s American Realist Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Of Light, White Sleeping Women in Childbed from the Rilke Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
The Rilke Portfolio by Ben Shahn contained 24 prints from the Atelier Mourlot in New York. The Munn Collection offers 7 unframed lithographs from the original collection. Lithograp...
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1960s American Realist Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

WARNING! Register*Vote, INFLATION means DEPRESSION
By Ben Shahn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
WARNING! Register*Vote, INFLATION means DEPRESSION Photo lithograph, 1946 Signed in the image lower left Published by CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) before their merger with the AFL (American Federation of Labor) see photo Edition: unknown This is a poster that was in high usage throughout the country. Very few have survived. Condition: Issues as with a used poster...
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1940s American Realist Ben Shahn Art

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Offset

Skowhegan, Wood Engraving by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, Lithuanian/American (1898 - 1969) Title: Skowhegan Year: 1965 Medium: Wood Engraving, signed in pencil Edition: 200 (unnumbered) Image Size: 9 x 8 inches Size: 16 ...
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1960s American Realist Ben Shahn Art

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Woodcut

Partings Long Seen Coming from the Rilke Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
The Rilke Portfolio by Ben Shahn contained 24 prints from the Atelier Mourlot in New York. The Munn Collection offers 7 unframed lithographs from the o...
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1960s American Realist Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
SCARCE EARLY WORK. BEN SHAHN Levana and our Lady's Sorrows. lithograph printed in sepia on Papier Ancien, 1931. 13 1/8x9 7/8 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued. One of o...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Ben Shahn Art

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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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1940s Ben Shahn Art

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Screen

Screams of women in labor - For the Sake of A Single Verse by Rainer Maria Rilke
By Ben Shahn
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ben Shahn From Portfolio "For the Sake of A Single Verse by Rainer Maria Rilke" Year: 1968 Lithograph on Richard de Bas hand-made paper Edition: 750 Size: 22.5 x 17.75 inches Signed ...
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1960s Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

To parents one had to hurt - For the Sake of A Single Verse Rainer Maria Rilke
By Ben Shahn
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ben Shahn From Portfolio "For the Sake of A Single Verse by Rainer Maria Rilke" Year: 1968 Lithograph on Richard de Bas hand-made paper Edition: 750 Size: 22.5 x 17.75 inches Signed ...
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1960s Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

To Days of Childhood from the Rilke Portfolio, Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, Lithuanian/American (1898 - 1969) Title: To Days of Childhood from the Rilke Portfolio Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph on Richard de Bas, signed in the plate Edition...
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1960s Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Beside the Dead from the Rilke Portfolio, 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 Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Partings Long Seen Coming from the Rilke Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969) Title: Partings Long Seen Coming from the Rilke Portfolio Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph on Richard de Bas, si...
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1960s American Realist Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
SCARCE EARLY WORK. BEN SHAHN Levana and our Lady's Sorrows. lithograph printed in sepia on Papier Ancien, 1931. 13 1/8x9 7/8 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued. One of o...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

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 Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Blind Botanist
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
This 1963 lithograph, printed in color, is a fine example of Ben Shahn’s long preoccupation with the theme of the blind botanist and illustrates his con...
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Late 20th Century Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Halleluja Portfolio by Ben Shahn, 24 Lithographs in Portfolio Case
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Hallelelujah Portfolio by Ben Shahn Illustrating the 150th Psalm from the Old Testament of the Holy Bible. Including an introduction by Bernarda Bryson Shahn and with a letter f...
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1970s Expressionist Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Many Cities from the Rilke Portfolio, Framed Lithograph by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969) Title: Many Cities from the Rilke Portfolio Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph on Richard de Bas, signed in the plate Edition: 750 Size: 22.5 x ...
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1960s Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Of light, white, sleeping women in childbed - For the Sake of A Single Verse
By Ben Shahn
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ben Shahn From Portfolio "For the Sake of A Single Verse by Rainer Maria Rilke" Year: 1968 Lithograph on Richard de Bas hand-made paper ...
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1960s Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Paris Review, Lithograph by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969) Title: Paris Review Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Signed in black crayon, numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Paper Size: 39 x 26 in....
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1960s American Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

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 Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Beside the Dying from the Rilke Portfolio, Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969) Title: Beside the Dying 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 Ben Shahn Art

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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 Ben Shahn Art

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Screen

"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 Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Nurse and Patient, Original Drawing by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969) Title: Nurse Medium: Pencil on Paper, signed l.r. Image Size: 7 x 5 inches Frame Size: 15 x 13 inches
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Ben Shahn Art

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Graphite

"Beside the Dying, " an Original Lithograph signed by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Beside the Dying" is an original signed lithograph by Ben Shahn. This print is from the series "For the Sake of a Single Verse" and depicts the head of a man in dark gray seemingly ...
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1960s Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Wife and child of sharecropper, Arkansas
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
Wife and child of sharecropper, Arkansas October, 1935 Stamped “Reproduced for the Library of Congress,” verso Gelatin silver print 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) Contact gallery...
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1930s Ben Shahn Art

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Silver Gelatin

A destitute family, Ozark Mountains area
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
A destitute family, Ozark Mountains area 1935 Stamped “Reproduced for the Library of Congress,” verso Gelatin silver print 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) Contact gallery for pric...
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1930s Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Silver Gelatin

Sideshow, county fair, central Ohio
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
Sideshow, county fair, central Ohio 1938 Stamped, “Reproduced for the Library of Congress,” verso Gelatin silver print 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm) C...
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1930s Ben Shahn Art

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Silver Gelatin

Ben Shahn Original Hand Signed Litho WPA Artist Rilke Poem Lithograph Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
"To Roads in Unknown Regions". It depicts Middle eastern architecture with arches, domes and other architectural features.. From the Rainier Maria Rilke portfolio, For the Sake of a...
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1950s American Modern Ben Shahn Art

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Lithograph

Untitled (The Noyes School of Rhythm)
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
Vintage gelatin silver print 6 x 9 inches This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
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1930s Other Art Style Ben Shahn Art

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Silver Gelatin

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Find a wide variety of authentic Ben Shahn art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Ben Shahn in lithograph, silver gelatin print, offset print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the modern style. Not every interior allows for large Ben Shahn art, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Chaim Gross, John Taylor Arms, and André Minaux. Ben Shahn art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at £80 and tops out at £31,929, while the average work can sell for £599.
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    Miner's Wives is a Social realist painting, a piece of art intended to make a statement about society by depicting everyday people. Ben Shahn produced the work in tempera on a panel in 1948. On 1stDibs, find a selection of Ben Shahn art.

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