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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

Siesta at Djerba

Untitled (Judith Shahn?)

Untitled (Judith Shahn?)

1930s

Untitled (southern farmer)

Untitled (southern farmer)

Untitled (demonstration, New York City)

Untitled (demonstration, New York City)

New York City

Untitled (probably Alabama)

Untitled (probably Alabama)

+2794

1940s

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 (unidentified fragment of negative strip)

Untitled (unidentified fragment of negative strip)

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 (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

Mecca Building, Chicago, Illinois

Mecca Building, Chicago, Illinois

Silent Music

Silent Music

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

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

Untitled (The Mecca, West Thirty-fourth Street, Chicago, Illinois)

Untitled (The Mecca, West Thirty-fourth Street, Chicago, Illinois)

+210

1960s

Untitled (Hong Kong)

Untitled (Hong Kong)

Untitled (Angkor, Cambodia)

Untitled (Angkor, Cambodia)

Untitled (Japan)

Untitled (Japan)

Untitled (Borobudur, Java)

Untitled (Borobudur, Java)

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

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

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

, 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 (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 (police in front of the Supreme Court Building and State Office Building, Artists' Union and Artists' Committee of Action demonstration for job relief and a municipal art gallery, Foley Square, New York City)

Untitled (police in front of the Supreme Court Building and State Office Building, Artists' Union and Artists' Committee of Action demonstration for job relief and a municipal art gallery, Foley 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 (Coxsackie Ferry, Hudson River, near Newton Hook, New York)

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

, 1934

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

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

, 1934

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

Untitled (Division II, May Day Parade, Communist Party route, West Nineteenth Street, near Eighth Avenue, 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

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