Artist
Ben Shahn (American, born Lithuania, 1898–1969)American, born Lithuania, 1898–1969
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Talking Politics Before Dinner, Central Ohio
- Political forum before dinner during wheat harvest, central Ohio
DateAugust 1938, printed 1976
Place depictedOhio, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/16 × 13 1/2 in. (23 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Romansky
Object number76.418
Non exposé
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom right in pencil " Shahn "
top left reading vertically " RS 53142[underlined] / F33-6611 / M1 "
top left reading vertically " RS 53142[underlined] / F33-6611 / M1 "
verso center reading vertically a stamp " Reproduced from the collection of the Library of Congress "
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October 1935, printed 1976
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October 1935, printed 1976
Gelatin silver print
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