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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

Homeric Struggle

Homeric Struggle

Monroe Wheeler

Monroe Wheeler

1920s

Untitled (Judith Shahn?)

Untitled (Judith Shahn?)

Siesta at Djerba

1930s

Untitled (ship)

Untitled (ship)

Untitled (demonstration, New York City)

Untitled (demonstration, New York City)

New York City

Untitled (southern farmer)

Untitled (southern farmer)

+2794

1940s

Untitled (prenatal clinic, New York City)

Untitled (prenatal clinic, New York City)

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

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

Untitled (Joseph Pataski [orator]?, event for the United Steel Workers of America and the Congress of Industrial Organizations, central New Jersey)

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

+293

1950s

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)

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

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

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

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

+210

1960s

Untitled (Indian temple, Singapore)

Untitled (Indian temple, Singapore)

Untitled (Barong Dance, Bali)

Untitled (Barong Dance, Bali)

Untitled (Prasat Kravanh Temple, Angkor Wat, Cambodia)

Untitled (Prasat Kravanh Temple, Angkor Wat, Cambodia)

Untitled (Buddhist altar, Japan)

Untitled (Buddhist altar, Japan)

+1071

1980s

The Dreyfus Affair: The Ben Shahn Prints

Works

4,445 artworks

Untitled (Division II, May Day Parade, Communist Party route, Eighth Avenue, New York City)

Untitled (Division II, May Day Parade, Communist Party route, Eighth Avenue, New York City)

, 1934

Untitled (Artists' Union demonstration, possibly between Fourth and Fifth Avenue, New York City)

Untitled (Artists' Union demonstration, possibly between Fourth and Fifth Avenue, New York City)

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

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

, 1934

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

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

, 1934

Untitled (Fourteenth Street, New York City)

Untitled (Fourteenth Street, 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 (Danielson, Connecticut)

Untitled (Danielson, Connecticut)

, 1934

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

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

, 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, Union Square, Fourth Avenue, between East Fifteenth and East Sixteenth Streets, New York City)

Untitled (May Day Parade, Communist Party route, Union Square, Fourth Avenue, between East Fifteenth and East Sixteenth Streets, New York City)

, 1934

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

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

, 1934

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

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

, 1934

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

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

, 1934

Untitled (Fourteenth Street, New York City)

Untitled (Fourteenth Street, New York City)

, 1934

Untitled (Danielson, Connecticut)

Untitled (Danielson, Connecticut)

, 1934

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

Untitled (Stephen Dimitroff and other Artists' Union and Artists' Committee of Action members at a 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 (Greta Berman, Artists' Union and Artists' Committee of Action demonstration for job relief and a municipal art gallery, West Eighteenth Street, New York City)

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

, 1934

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

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

, 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

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