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Design for a Bookplate ("Triciput Ex Libris Erich Kahler")

1956

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink on white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15 x 12.5 cm (5 7/8 x 4 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Ben Shahn; to Erich Kahler, 1956; to Alice Kahler, New Haven, Connecticut, 1970, sold; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California 1990; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

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