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Ben Shahn

Lietuva · b. 1898 — d. 1969

Modernism Object Record Structure: Whole FSA/Depression

Ben Shahn American, born Lithuania, 1898-1969

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Born 1898 — Died 1969

1890s

Untitled

Untitled

1910s

Monroe Wheeler

Monroe Wheeler

Homeric Struggle

Homeric Struggle

1920s

Untitled (Judith Shahn?)

Untitled (Judith Shahn?)

Siesta at Djerba

1930s

New York City

Untitled (demonstration, New York City)

Untitled (demonstration, New York City)

Untitled (ship)

Untitled (ship)

Untitled (southern farmer)

Untitled (southern farmer)

+2794

1940s

Untitled (prenatal clinic, New York City)

Untitled (prenatal clinic, New York City)

Untitled (unidentified fragment of negative strip)

Untitled (unidentified fragment of negative strip)

Untitled (Jonathan Shahn)

Untitled (Jonathan Shahn)

Untitled (campaign office for Wendell L. Willkie, presidential candidate, New York City)

Untitled (campaign office for Wendell L. Willkie, presidential candidate, New York City)

+293

1950s

Mecca Building, Chicago, Illinois

Mecca Building, Chicago, Illinois

Where There is a Book There is No Sword

Where There is a Book There is No Sword

Mecca Building, Chicago, Illinois

Mecca Building, Chicago, Illinois

Untitled (San Gennaro Festival, Mulberry Street, New York City)

Untitled (San Gennaro Festival, Mulberry Street, New York City)

+210

1960s

Untitled (bas-reliefs in a temple at Angkor Wat, Cambodia)

Untitled (bas-reliefs in a temple at Angkor Wat, Cambodia)

Untitled (Indian temple, Singapore)

Untitled (Indian temple, Singapore)

Untitled (Indian temple, Singapore)

Untitled (Indian temple, Singapore)

Untitled (Horyuji Temple, Nara, Japan)

Untitled (Horyuji Temple, Nara, Japan)

+1071

1980s

The Dreyfus Affair: The Ben Shahn Prints

Works

4,445 artworks

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

New York

New York

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Houston Street playground, New York City)

Untitled (Houston Street playground, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City Public Library, Forty-second Street and Fifth Avenue, New York City)

Untitled (New York City Public Library, Forty-second Street and Fifth Avenue, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Sixth Avenue, New York City)

Untitled (Sixth Avenue, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Sixth Avenue, New York City)

Untitled (Sixth Avenue, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

East Side Merchant (New York City)

East Side Merchant (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Union Square and Fourteenth Street District, New York City)

Untitled (Union Square and Fourteenth Street District, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Seward Park, New York City)

Untitled (Seward Park, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (U.S. General Post Office, 31st Street and 8th Avenue, New York City)

Untitled (U.S. General Post Office, 31st Street and 8th Avenue, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Eighth Avenue and Forty-second Street, New York City)

Untitled (Eighth Avenue and Forty-second Street, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Sixth Avenue between West Forty-third and West Forty-fourth Streets, New York City)

Untitled (Sixth Avenue between West Forty-third and West Forty-fourth Streets, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (South Street pier, New York City)

Untitled (South Street pier, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Fourteenth Street, New York City)

Untitled (Fourteenth Street, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (South Street pier, New York City)

Untitled (South Street pier, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (East Eleventh Street or East Twelfth Street, New York City)

Untitled (East Eleventh Street or East Twelfth Street, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Bethune Street, New York City)

Untitled (Bethune Street, New York City)

, 1932

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