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Everyman by Ben Shahn — VisualArtsDB

Everyman

Everyman

1954

Medium: Tempera and oil on canvas mounted to composition board
Dimensions: Overall: 72 1/8 × 24 in. (183.2 × 61 cm)
Genre: Painting
Museum: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, US

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Ben Shahn, Everyman, 1954. Tempera and oil on canvas mounted to composition board, overall: 72 1/8 × 24 in. (183.2 × 61 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 56.5. © Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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