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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

Siesta at Djerba

Untitled (Judith Shahn?)

Untitled (Judith Shahn?)

1930s

Untitled (ship)

Untitled (ship)

Untitled (probably Alabama)

Untitled (probably Alabama)

New York City

Untitled (demonstration, New York City)

Untitled (demonstration, New York City)

+2794

1940s

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)

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 (prenatal clinic, New York City)

Untitled (prenatal clinic, New York City)

+293

1950s

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

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

Where There is a Book There is No Sword

Where There is a Book There is No Sword

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)

+210

1960s

Untitled (Tiger Balm Garden, Hong Kong)

Untitled (Tiger Balm Garden, Hong Kong)

Untitled (bas-reliefs in a temple at Angkor Wat, Cambodia)

Untitled (bas-reliefs in a temple at Angkor Wat, Cambodia)

Untitled (Barong Dance, Bali)

Untitled (Barong Dance, Bali)

Untitled (Bali)

Untitled (Bali)

+1071

1980s

The Dreyfus Affair: The Ben Shahn Prints

Works

4,445 artworks

Untitled (Willis Avenue Bridge, New York City)

Untitled (Willis Avenue Bridge, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (U.S. General Post Office, 8th Avenue and 31st Street New York City)

Untitled (U.S. General Post Office, 8th Avenue and 31st Street New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Sixth Avenue, New York City)

Untitled (Sixth Avenue, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Phillip Wittenberg?, New York City)

Untitled (Phillip Wittenberg?, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (U.S. General Post Office, 31st Street and 8th Avenue, New York City)

Untitled (U.S. General Post Office, 31st Street and 8th Avenue, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (South Street pier, New York City)

Untitled (South Street pier, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Elizabeth Street, New York City)

Untitled (Elizabeth Street, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

14th St. (New York City)

14th St. (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Fourteenth Street, New York City)

Untitled (Fourteenth Street, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Bleecker Street New York City)

Untitled (Bleecker Street New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (South Street pier, New York City)

Untitled (South Street pier, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Sixth Avenue, New York City)

Untitled (Sixth Avenue, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (Willis Avenue Bridge, New York City)

Untitled (Willis Avenue Bridge, New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (New York City)

Untitled (New York City)

, 1932

Untitled (South Street pier, New York City)

Untitled (South Street pier, New York City)

, 1932

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