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DrawingsAmerican20th century

"In 1948, while Henry McBride was still writing..." from Biography of a Painting [Text]

1966

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Description

Sheet is folded vertically.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and blue pencil on off-white machine-made rag wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

19.9 x 29 cm (7 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Estate of Ben Shahn; to [Dintenfass Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1989; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

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