Cover Design for "Buddenbrooks," by Thomas Mann
1950
Artists
Description
Acetate over paper; title drawn on cream paper, drawing on off-white
Dimensions
22.6 x 28.7 cm (8 7/8 x 11 5/16 in.) sheet: 22.6 x 28.9 cm (8 7/8 x 11 3/8 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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