Ben Shahn
Family Meal

Family Meal

© Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Family Meal
Family Meal
ArtistAmerican, born Lithuania, 1898–1969
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Family Meal
Datec. 1959
PlaceUnited States
MediumInk on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 3/16 × 11 3/4 in. (20.8 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Eleanor Freed Stern
Object number93.173
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Ben Shahn," Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, February–March 1983.

"Always Greener: Seeing and Seeking Suburbia—Selections from the Museum’s Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 21, 2018–February 3, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso, center: "69-8/ 7"", lower right corner: "67813/ 1-1/ C0400/ 1125", bottom edge: "Z-200 12 1/2 x 9"
Signed in black ink in image, lower right corner: "Ben Shahn"

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