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Sketches for "Prison: The Enemy Of Society," for a Harper's Magazine Cover

1954

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Gouache, black ink, and graphite on cream wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

30.2 x 45.5 cm (11 7/8 x 17 15/16 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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