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Cover Design for "Caste and Class in a Southern Town," by John Dollard

1960

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Description

Drawn on half a sheet, as if meant to be folded over. Old adhesive at upper corners of verso.

Classification
Drawings
Medium
Watercolor, black ink, and touches of graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture
American
Century
20th century
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20 x 25.4 cm (7 7/8 x 10 in.)

Provenance

Ben Shahn; to Bernarda Bryson Shahn, 1969, gift; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1990; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.

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