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DrawingsAmerican20th century

"If I Am Not For Myself..." [Hebrew Text]

1960

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white tracing paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

23.1 x 81.6 cm (9 1/8 x 32 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Ben Shahn; to Bernard Bryson Shahn, 1969; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1994; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002

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