Ben Shahn
Dog in New Orleans (Man's Best Friend)

Dog in New Orleans (Man's Best Friend)

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Dog in New Orleans (Man's Best Friend)
Dog in New Orleans (Man's Best Friend)
ArtistAmerican, born Lithuania, 1898–1969
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Dog in New Orleans (Man's Best Friend)
Datec. 1954
PlaceNew Orleans, Louisiana, United States
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsSheet: 5 3/4 × 7 3/16 in. (14.6 × 18.3 cm)
Mount: 6 × 7 3/8 in. (15.2 × 18.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Eleanor Freed Stern
Object number93.181
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED: Kennedy Galleries, Inc., 40 W. 57th St., NYC 10019
EXHIBITED: Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Inc. in "Ben Shahn," Feb./Mar. 1983 (#46).

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom right corner in pencil: 7 3/4x6 1/4; verso of mount bottom left in pencil: Z-345
recto lower right in ink: Ben Shahn

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