LOT DETAILS

Materials:

tempera on joined paper laid down on Masonite

Measurements:

60.24 in. (153.00 cm.) (height) by 22.76 in. (57.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Ben Shahn (lower left)

Exhibited:

New York, Owen Gallery,. Modernism: an American View, 1994. New York, The Jewish Museum; Allentown Pennsylvania, Allentown Art Museum; Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts,. Common Man, Mythic Vision: The Paintings of Ben Shahn , 1998-1999, no. 29, n.p., illustrated

Provenance:

The Downtown Gallery, New York. Private collection (sold: Christie's, New York, May 23, 2001, lot 116). Acquired by the present owner at the above sale