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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

Timeline

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)

Untitled (southern farmer)

Untitled (southern farmer)

New York City

Untitled (probably Alabama)

Untitled (probably Alabama)

+2794

1940s

Untitled (Jonathan Shahn)

Untitled (Jonathan Shahn)

Untitled (unidentified fragment of negative strip)

Untitled (unidentified fragment of negative strip)

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

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

Balancing Acrobat

Balancing Acrobat

+293

1950s

Mecca Building, Chicago, Illinois

Mecca Building, Chicago, Illinois

Untitled (Fox's Dry Goods and General Merchandise, State Street, Chicago, Illinois)

Untitled (Fox's Dry Goods and General Merchandise, State Street, Chicago, Illinois)

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

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

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

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

+210

1960s

Untitled (Barong Dance, Bali)

Untitled (Barong Dance, Bali)

Untitled (Horse Dance, Java)

Untitled (Horse Dance, Java)

Untitled (Nijo Palace, Kyoto, Japan)

Untitled (Nijo Palace, Kyoto, Japan)

Untitled (Kyoto, Japan)

Untitled (Kyoto, Japan)

+1071

1980s

The Dreyfus Affair: The Ben Shahn Prints

Works

4,445 artworks

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (bakery, New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

Untitled (bakery, New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, Welfare Island, New York City)

Untitled (Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, Welfare Island, New York City)

, 1934

Untitled (Ezra Shahn, Truro, Massachusetts)

Untitled (Ezra Shahn, Truro, Massachusetts)

, 1934

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (Coxsackie Ferry, Hudson River, near Newton Hook, New York)

Untitled (Coxsackie Ferry, Hudson River, near Newton Hook, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (Coxsackie Ferry, Hudson River, near Newton Hook, New York)

Untitled (Coxsackie Ferry, Hudson River, near Newton Hook, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (Coxsackie Ferry, Hudson River, near Newton Hook, New York)

Untitled (Coxsackie Ferry, Hudson River, near Newton Hook, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, Welfare Island, New York City)

Untitled (Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, Welfare Island, New York City)

, 1934

Untitled (Coxsackie Ferry, Hudson River, near Newton Hook, New York)

Untitled (Coxsackie Ferry, Hudson River, near Newton Hook, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (Max Spivak, Artists' Union and Artists' Committee of Action demonstration for job relief and a municipal art gallery, West Eighteenth Street, New York City)

Untitled (Max Spivak, Artists' Union and Artists' Committee of Action demonstration for job relief and a municipal art gallery, West Eighteenth Street, New York City)

, 1934

Untitled (Moses Soyer, Artists' Union and Artists' Committee of Action demonstration for job relief and a municipal art gallery, West Eighteenth Street, New York City)

Untitled (Moses Soyer, Artists' Union and Artists' Committee of Action demonstration for job relief and a municipal art gallery, West Eighteenth Street, New York City)

, 1934

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (Ezra Shahn and Tillie Shahn, Truro, Massachusetts)

Untitled (Ezra Shahn and Tillie Shahn, Truro, Massachusetts)

, 1934

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (Artists' Union and Artists' Committee of Action demonstration for job relief and a municipal art gallery, West Eighteenth Street, New York City)

Untitled (Artists' Union and Artists' Committee of Action demonstration for job relief and a municipal art gallery, West Eighteenth Street, New York City)

, 1934

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

Untitled (New York City Reformatory, New Hampton, New York)

, 1934

Untitled (May Day Parade, Communist Party route, New York City)

Untitled (May Day Parade, Communist Party route, New York City)

, 1934

Untitled (Danielson, Connecticut)

Untitled (Danielson, Connecticut)

, 1934

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