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PrintsAmerican20th century

Ex Libris Moshe Bressler (bookplate)

1950

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Letterpress

Medium

Letterpress printed in blue ink

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 10.3 x 8.2 cm (4 1/16 x 3 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1994; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

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