Ben Shahn
Man Seated with Head on Hand

Man Seated with Head on Hand

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

Man Seated with Head on Hand
Man Seated with Head on Hand
ArtistAmerican, born Lithuania, 1898–1969
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Man Seated with Head on Hand
Datec. 1958
PlaceUnited States
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsSheet: 5 15/16 × 4 5/8 in. (15.1 × 11.7 cm)
 Mount: 6 1/4 × 4 15/16 in. (15.9 × 12.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Eleanor Freed Stern
Object number93.167
Not on view

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Ben Shan," Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Inc., Houston, Texas, February—March 1983, no. 70, illustrated p. 17.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso of mount bottom left edge in pencil: 2-275; lower right: #25[circled]
recto bottom right corner in pencil: Ben Shahn

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