Ben Shahn
Where There is a Book There is No Sword

Where There is a Book There is No Sword

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Where There is a Book There is No Sword
Where There is a Book There is No Sword
ArtistAmerican, born Lithuania, 1898–1969
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Where There is a Book There is No Sword
Date1950
PlaceUnited States
MediumScreenprint, edition 47/145
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 21 × 14 1/2 in. (53.3 × 36.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number55.1
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryCongregation Brit Shalom, May 17—26, 1968.

"Ben Shahn," Robert I. Kahn Gallery, Temple Emanu El, Houston, Texas, September 17—October 17, 1978.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in ink, bottom left corner: 145/47 Ben Shahn
Catalogue raisonnéMcNulty 63

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