Ben Shahn
(September 12, 1898 – March 14, 1969) was an American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as The Shape of Content. Ben Shahn is in many museums around the world. Ben Shahn produced 23 gouache paintings of the trials of Sacco and Vanzetti communicated the political concerns of his time, rejecting academic prescriptions for subject matter. The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti was exhibited in 1932 and received acclaim from both the public and critics. This series gave Shahn the confidence to cultivate his personal style, regardless of society’s art standards.
Beach Bather's Truro, 1929
/ 15.50 in. x 23.50 in. / Watercolor
Register Vote Poster
/ 39.00 in. x 29.00 in. / Lithograph
Register- Vote Poster
/ 29.00 in. x 39.00 in. / Lithograph
Beach Bathers 1928, Truro II
/ 15.50 in. x 23.50 in. / Lithograph
Mask: Women with Comb 1963
/ 30.00 in. x 21.00 in. / Lithograph
Tillie and Judith
/ 24.50 in. x 19.00 in. / Oil on Canvas
Break-Reactions Grip Poster
/ 39.00 in. x 29.00 in. / Lithograph
Picket Sighn Painter
/ 10.00 in. x 7.50 in. / Watercolor
Young Man Playing Double Flute
/ 20.00 in. x 23.50 in. / Lithograph
Man Playing Cithara
/ 23.00 in. x 15.00 in. / Lithograph
Young Man Playing Sistrum
/ 23.00 in. x 15.00 in. / Lithograph
Young Man playing a double Oboe
/ 40.00 in. x 26.00 in. / Lithograph
Young Man Playing Double Flute
/ 20.00 in. x 23.50 in. / Lithograph
He says no to Civilization
/ 32.00 in. x 29.00 in. / Lithograph
Woman Profile 1966
/ 30.00 in. x 22.00 in. / Lithograph
Clanging Cymbals 1969
/ 20.00 in. x 25.50 in. / Lithograph
Man playing Growth
/ Lithograph
Ezra Shahn 1935
/ 15.50 in. x 11.50 in. / Lithograph
 1969 20 x 25.5.jpeg)
Man Sounding Shofar 1969
/ 20.00 in. x 25.50 in. / Lithograph
Man with Mallets 1969
/ 40.00 in. x 26.00 in. / Lithograph
Philadelphia Museum of Art 1967
/ 40.00 in. x 30.00 in. / Lithograph
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