Cover Design for "Memoirs Of My People: Jewish Self-Portraits from the 11th to the 20th Centuries," edited by Leo W. Schwarz
1963
Artists
Description
Japanese paper with black ink, overlaid with tissue, overlaid with acetate. Signature is on Japanese paper. Tissue is mounted to Japanese paper with cellophane tape.
Dimensions
33.2 x 21 cm (13 1/16 x 8 1/4 in.) acetate: 31.7 x 21.3 cm (12 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Estate of Ben Shahn; to [Dintenfass Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1988; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums 2002.
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