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Chinese Character for Music/Joy (Yuè/Lè) ("Where music is there is joy")

1960

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink on cream wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

44.7 x 57.5 cm (17 5/8 x 22 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Estate of Ben Shahn; to [Dintenfass Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1989; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums 2002.

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