Cover Design for "Memoirs Of My People: Jewish Self-Portraits from the 11th to the 20th Centuries," edited by Leo W. Schwarz

1963

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

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.

Classification

Drawings

Technique

Collage

Medium

Tempera on acetate over brown and green tissue paper collage elements, and black ink on Japanese paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

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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