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PrintsAmerican20th century

Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, Idea & Image by Ben Shahn

1957

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Letterpress

Medium

Poster; letterpress printed in black and red ink on cardstock

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 22.9 x 27.9 cm (9 x 11 in.)

Provenance

Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1994; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

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