Mexican Woman With Heads; verso: Mexican Heads

1932

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Description

Pinholes at upper center and l.r.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink over graphite on brown cardboard

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

37 x 25.4 cm (14 9/16 x 10 in.)

Provenance

Blanche Bonestell, 1994. Tom Jacobson, San Diego, California; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1997; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

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