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J.B.'s Blue Satan, for "J.B.: A Play in Verse" | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI

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J.B.'s Blue Satan, for "J.B.: A Play in Verse"

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J.B.'s Blue Satan, for "J.B.: A Play in Verse"

1958

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Description

The mask is drawn over two profile heads.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor, tempera, gouache, black chalk, and graphite, with touches of varnish(?) on off-white wove paper mounted to off-white-paper-covered gray board

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 59.5 x 39 cm (23 7/16 x 15 3/8 in.)

Provenance

[Downtown Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Archibald MacLeish, 1959; gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1960. NOTE: Provenance information taken from the Taller Archive.

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