Ben Shahn
Phoenix

Phoenix

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

Phoenix
Phoenix
ArtistAmerican, born Lithuania, 1898–1969
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Phoenix
Date1952
PlaceUnited States
MediumScreenprint and watercolor on wove paper, edition 51/100
DimensionsImage: 22 7/8 × 21 13/16 in. (58.1 × 55.4 cm)
Sheet: 27 15/16 × 22 in. (71 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number55.2
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryHouston Symphony Society, Music Hall, October 18–26, 1965.

Capitol National Bank, Houston, December 1, 1966–January 2, 1967.

Congregation Brit Shalom, Houston, May 17–26, 1968.

"South Texas Art Mobile," Center for the Arts, Corpus Christi State University, Texas, July 27 1983–May 1984.

"Miss Ima Hogg & Modernism," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 27–November 3, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: signed, lower right: "Ben Shahn"
Watermark: Recto: top / bottom of vertical edges: RUSSELL FLINT HANDMADE"
Catalogue raisonnéMcNulty 45

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