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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

Homeric Struggle

Homeric Struggle

Monroe Wheeler

Monroe Wheeler

1920s

Untitled (Judith Shahn?)

Untitled (Judith Shahn?)

Siesta at Djerba

1930s

New York City

Untitled (probably Alabama)

Untitled (probably Alabama)

Untitled (southern farmer)

Untitled (southern farmer)

Untitled (ship)

Untitled (ship)

+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 (Jonathan Shahn)

Untitled (Jonathan Shahn)

Untitled (prenatal clinic, New York City)

Untitled (prenatal clinic, New York City)

Untitled (prenatal clinic, New York City)

Untitled (prenatal clinic, New York City)

+293

1950s

Mecca Building, Chicago, Illinois

Mecca Building, 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)

Mecca Building, Chicago, Illinois

Mecca Building, Chicago, Illinois

+210

1960s

Untitled (Japan)

Untitled (Japan)

Untitled (Bernarda Bryson Shahn and Dr. Sydney and Dorothy Spivack, Preah Khan, Angkor, Cambodia)

Untitled (Bernarda Bryson Shahn and Dr. Sydney and Dorothy Spivack, Preah Khan, Angkor, Cambodia)

Untitled (Japan)

Untitled (Japan)

Untitled (Nijo Palace, Kyoto, Japan)

Untitled (Nijo Palace, 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 (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, Union Square, New York City)

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

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

, 1934

Untitled (Judith Shahn, New York City)

Untitled (Judith Shahn, 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 (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1934

Untitled (demonstration, Union Square, New York City)

Untitled (demonstration, Union Square, 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 (Stephen Popoff Dimitroff, Artists' Union demonstration for relief jobs and a municipal art gallery, New York City)

Untitled (Stephen Popoff Dimitroff, Artists' Union demonstration for relief jobs and a municipal art gallery, 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 (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 (Fourteenth Street, New York City)

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

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

, 1934

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

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

, 1934

Untitled (Danielson, Connecticut)

Untitled (Danielson, Connecticut)

, 1934

Untitled (Judith Shahn, Washington Square, New York City)

Untitled (Judith Shahn, Washington Square, 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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