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DrawingsAmerican20th century

J. Robert Oppenheimer

1954

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink on off-white rag wove paper mounted overall to heavy cream wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.6 x 20.7 cm (8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.) mount: 30.4 x 24.3 cm (11 15/16 x 9 9/16 in.)

Provenance

[Lysographics Fine Art, St. Louis, Missouri], sold; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1995; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

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