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Ben Shahn Lithograph, 1965, Michael Schwerner #2128194

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Ben Shahn Lithograph, 1965, Michael Schwerner #2128194
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Artist: Ben Shahn

Portfolio: Nine Drawings Portfolio

Title: Michael Schwerner

Year: 1965

Medium: Lithograph on Japon [Signed in the Plate]
Edition: 300

Paper Size: 22" x 16 3/4"





Printer: The Meriden Gravure Company

Publisher: Lawyers Constitutional Defense
Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union, New York




Reference: Figure 111 in "The Complete Graphics Works of Ben Shahn" by Kenneth W. Prescott





Ben Shahn (1898 - 1969)




Born in Kovno, Lithuania to an orthodox Jewish family, Ben Shahn became one of America's leading Social-Realist painters. He settled with his family in Brooklyn, New York, and had an apprenticeship with a lithographer while taking evening classes in drawing. In 1929, he shared a studio with photographer Walker Evans and in 1930 at the Downtown Gallery had his first one-man exhibition.



Until 1930, Shahn did lithography work and attended New York University, City College, and the National Academy of Design. He traveled to Europe and North Africa and became increasingly committed to social justice themes going from interest in social ills at large to the plight of individuals.



Between 1930 and 1933, he painted his well-known Sacco and Vanzetti and Tom Mooney series, and was a mural assistant to Diego Rivera at Rockefeller Center. He also painted murals for the WPA, worked as a photographer for the Farm Security Administration, and designed World War II posters ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Very Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1965</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:22</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:16.75</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Ben Shahn Lithograph, 1965, Michael Schwerner</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York City, USA</td></tr>
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