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Ben Shahn — VisualArtsDB

Ben Shahn

Lietuva · b. 1898 — d. 1969

Modernism FSA/Depression

Ben Shahn American, born Lithuania, 1898-1969

Timeline

Born 1898 — Died 1969

1890s

Untitled

Untitled

1910s

Homeric Struggle

Homeric Struggle

Monroe Wheeler

Monroe Wheeler

1920s

Siesta at Djerba

1930s

New York City

To Plague His Heart from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow

Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow

She Also Is the Mother from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow

+43

1940s

Willis Avenue Bridge

Contemporary American Sculpture

Contemporary American Sculpture

Balancing Acrobat

Balancing Acrobat

Immigrant Family

+38

1950s

Silent Music

Silent Music

Singing at the Piano

Singing at the Piano

Where There is a Book There is No Sword

Where There is a Book There is No Sword

Silent Music

+136

1960s

Pleiades

Pleiades

Alphabet (Greeting Card)

Alphabet (Greeting Card)

Au Pêre Tranquille. Set design for the 1927 play "him" by e. e. cummings

The Room. Set design for the 1927 play "him" by e. e. cummings

+42

1980s

The Dreyfus Affair: The Ben Shahn Prints

Works

281 artworks

Frontispiece from FOR THE SAKE OF A SINGLE VERSE ... FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE

, 1968

MANY CITIES, plate I (folio 9) from FOR THE SAKE OF A SINGLE VERSE ... FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE

, 1968

IN ROOMS WITHDRAWN AND QUIET, plate XIII (folio 45) from FOR THE SAKE OF A SINGLE VERSE ... FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE

, 1968

TO CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES, plate XII (folio 42) from FOR THE SAKE OF A SINGLE VERSE ... FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE

, 1968

PARTINGS LONG SEEN COMING, plate IX (folio 33) from FOR THE SAKE OF A SINGLE VERSE ... FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE

, 1968

TO PARENTS ONE HAD TO HURT, plate XI (folio 39) from FOR THE SAKE OF A SINGLE VERSE ... FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE

, 1968

THE FIRST WORD OF VERSE ARISES, plate XXII (folio 72) from FOR THE SAKE OF A SINGLE VERSE ... FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE

, 1968

THE GESTURES OF THE LITTLE FLOWERS, plate VI (folio 24) from FOR THE SAKE OF A SINGLE VERSE ... FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE

, 1968

Birds over the City

Birds over the City

, 1968

Headpiece (folio 6) from FOR THE SAKE OF A SINGLE VERSE ... FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE

, 1968

HOW THE BIRDS FLY, plate V (folio 21) from FOR THE SAKE OF A SINGLE VERSE ... FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE

, 1968

TO ROADS IN UNKNOWN REGIONS, plate VII (folio 27) from FOR THE SAKE OF A SINGLE VERSE ... FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE

, 1968

BESIDE THE DEAD, plate XXI (folio 69) from FOR THE SAKE OF A SINGLE VERSE ... FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE

, 1968

MANY MEN, plate II (folio 12) from FOR THE SAKE OF A SINGLE VERSE ... FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MALTE LAURIDS BRIGGE

, 1968

McCarthy Peace (poster)

McCarthy Peace (poster)

, 1968

The Dreyfus Affair: The Ben Shahn Prints

, 1984

New York City

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