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Cover Design for "Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth" by Henry Nash Smith

1957

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Description

Four squares of color at right edge; uppermost one is cut out from another sheet and affixed, remaining three painted on.

Classification
Drawings
Medium
Gouache and collage on off-white wove paper
Culture
American
Century
20th century
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.8 x 22.7 cm (10 3/16 x 8 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Estate of Ben Shahn; to [Dintenfass Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Stephen Lee Taller, Berkeley, California, 1988; to Dolores Taller, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums 2002.

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Cover Design for "Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth" by Henry Nash Smith | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI