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Ben Shahn

Ben Shahn

Artist

WA-00094004

Representation

None documented

4

Institutional Exhibitions

9

Works in Collection

15

Assets Indexed

3

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Publications Referenced

60%

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Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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New Acquisitions: The Collection of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936

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Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1934–1935

No image

Murals by American Painters and Photographers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1932

No image

46 Painters and Sculptors under 35 Years of Age

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1930

Field Verification (3 fields)

0 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

Getty Ulanhttps://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500005524
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Artworks (9)

Beside the Dead

1963 · lithograph

Sheet: 57 x 44.8 cm (22 7/16 x 17 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Partings Long Seen Coming

1963 · lithograph

Sheet: 57 x 44.8 cm (22 7/16 x 17 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1963 · lithograph

Sheet: 56.8 x 44.8 cm (22 3/8 x 17 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

One Must Know the Animals

1963 · lithograph

Sheet: 56.8 x 44.8 cm (22 3/8 x 17 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Screams of Women in Labor

1963 · lithograph

Sheet: 57 x 44.8 cm (22 7/16 x 17 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Beside the Dying

1963 · lithograph

Sheet: 57.3 x 44.8 cm (22 9/16 x 17 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1957 · Serigraph with hand coloring

30 x 25.4 cm (11 13/16 x 10 in. )

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Deserted Fairground

1948 · Color screenprint

30.3 x 38 cm (11 15/16 x 14 15/16 in. )

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Family in Marysville, Ohio

1938 · gelatin silver print

Image: 16.2 x 24.3 cm (6 3/8 x 9 9/16 in.); Paper: 20.6 x 25.4 cm (8 1/8 x 10 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (2)

9 published of 9 catalogued · 0 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
The Met
2 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Screams of Women in Labor
1963 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Partings Long Seen Coming
1963 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Many Cities
1963 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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One Must Know the Animals
1963 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Family in Marysville, Ohio
1938 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Beside the Dying
1963 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Beside the Dead
1963 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Images

Artsy artwork: Mandolin

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Artsy artwork: Untitled

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Artsy artwork: Vintage 1950s Ben Shahn Poster Brecht Threepenny Opera (1950-1959)

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Artsy artwork: Ben Shahn Graphics, Philadelphia Museum of Art (1967)

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Artsy artwork: Ben Shahn McCarthy Peace (1968)

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Artsy artist portrait

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition New Acquisitions: The Collection of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

New York · 1936

Group Exhibition Modern Works of Art: 5th Anniversary Exhibition

New York · 1934

Group Exhibition Murals by American Painters and Photographers

New York · 1932

Group Exhibition 46 Painters and Sculptors under 35 Years of Age

New York · 1930