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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

Untitled (ship)

Untitled (ship)

New York City

Untitled (probably Alabama)

Untitled (probably Alabama)

Untitled (demonstration, New York City)

Untitled (demonstration, New York City)

+2794

1940s

Untitled (Philip Murray [seated, center], event for the United Steel Workers of America and the Congress of Industrial Organizations, central New Jersey)

Untitled (Philip Murray [seated, center], event for the United Steel Workers of America and the Congress of Industrial Organizations, central New Jersey)

Untitled (prenatal clinic, New York City)

Untitled (prenatal clinic, New York City)

Untitled (event for the United Steel Workers of America and the Congress of Industrial Organizations, central New Jersey)

Untitled (event for the United Steel Workers of America and the Congress of Industrial Organizations, central New Jersey)

Untitled (event for the United Steel Workers of America and the Congress of Industrial Organizations, central New Jersey)

Untitled (event for the United Steel Workers of America and the Congress of Industrial Organizations, central New Jersey)

+293

1950s

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

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

Silent Music

Silent Music

Untitled (San Gennaro Festival, Greenwich Village, New York City)

Untitled (San Gennaro Festival, Greenwich Village, New York City)

Untitled (The Mecca, South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois)

Untitled (The Mecca, South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois)

+210

1960s

Untitled (cremation ceremony, Java)

Untitled (cremation ceremony, Java)

Untitled (Indian temple, Singapore)

Untitled (Indian temple, Singapore)

Untitled (Asparas reliefs, Angkor Wat, Cambodia)

Untitled (Asparas reliefs, Angkor Wat, Cambodia)

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

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

+1071

1980s

The Dreyfus Affair: The Ben Shahn Prints

Works

4,445 artworks

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, New York City)

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Fourteenth Street, New York City)

Untitled (Fourteenth Street, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Tarcher's, New York)

Untitled (Tarcher's, New York)

, 1933

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, United States Customs House, New York City)

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, United States Customs House, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, New York City)

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Tarcher's, New York)

Untitled (Tarcher's, New York)

, 1933

Untitled (Welfare Hospital, New York City)

Untitled (Welfare Hospital, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, United States Customs House, New York City)

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, United States Customs House, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Washington Square, New York City)

Untitled (Washington Square, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Madison Square or Washington Square, New York City)

Untitled (Madison Square or Washington Square, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Lower East Side, New York City)

Untitled (Lower East Side, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, New York City)

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, near the United States Customs House, New York City)

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, near the United States Customs House, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, New York City)

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, near the United States Customs House, New York City)

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, near the United States Customs House, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (New York General Post Office, Eighth Avenue and Thirty-third Street., New York City)

Untitled (New York General Post Office, Eighth Avenue and Thirty-third Street., New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, City Hall, New York City)

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, City Hall, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, City Hall, New York City)

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, City Hall, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Madison Square, New York City)

Untitled (Madison Square, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, United States Customs' House, New York City)

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, United States Customs' House, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Washington Square, New York City)

Untitled (Washington Square, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Lower East Side, New York City)

Untitled (Lower East Side, New York City)

, 1933

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, United States Customs House, New York City)

Untitled (Civil Works Administration demonstration, United States Customs House, New York City)

, 1933

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