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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 (demonstration, New York City)

Untitled (demonstration, New York City)

Untitled (probably Alabama)

Untitled (probably Alabama)

Untitled (ship)

Untitled (ship)

New York City

+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 (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)

+293

1950s

Silent Music

Untitled (The Mecca, Chicago, Illinois)

Untitled (The Mecca, Chicago, Illinois)

Untitled (The Mecca, Chicago, Illinois)

Untitled (The Mecca, Chicago, Illinois)

Untitled (Chicago, Illinois)

Untitled (Chicago, Illinois)

+210

1960s

Untitled (Bernarda Bryson Shahn and other tourists, Horse Dance, Java)

Untitled (Bernarda Bryson Shahn and other tourists, Horse Dance, Java)

Untitled (Fanling Babies Home, Hong Kong)

Untitled (Fanling Babies Home, Hong Kong)

Untitled (Japan)

Untitled (Japan)

Untitled (Apsaras reliefs, Angkor Wat, Cambodia)

Untitled (Apsaras reliefs, Angkor Wat, Cambodia)

+1071

1980s

The Dreyfus Affair: The Ben Shahn Prints

Works

4,445 artworks

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

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

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

, 1934

Untitled (demonstrators, New York City)

Untitled (demonstrators, 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)

Untitled (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 (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 (Statue of Liberty, New York City)

Untitled (Statue of Liberty, 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 (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 (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 (Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, Welfare Island, New York)

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

, 1934

Untitled (Boris Gorelick in front of the United States Court House, Artists' Union and Artists' Committee for Action demonstration for job relief and a municipal art gallery, Foley Square, New York City)

Untitled (Boris Gorelick in front of the United States Court House, Artists' Union and Artists' Committee for Action demonstration for job relief and a municipal art gallery, Foley Square, 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 (Ezra Shahn, Truro, Massachusetts)

Untitled (Ezra Shahn, Truro, Massachusetts)

, 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 (Fourteenth Street, New York City)

Untitled (Fourteenth Street, 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

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