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Sweet Was the Song
1956
Artists
Ben ShahnArtist
Description
SWEET WAS THE SONG holiday book with music, lyrics, and illustrations (#P227) 1956 (B/W)
Dimensions
7.9 x 13.3 cm (3 1/8 x 5 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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