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DrawingsAmerican20th century

Cover Design for "The American Experience," by Henry Bamford Parkes

1959

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper with overlay of tracing paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.9 x 30.3 cm (9 13/16 x 11 15/16 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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