Accident
Artist
Ben Shahn
(American, born Lithuania, 1898 - 1969)
Dateca. 1930
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (15.88 x 23.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.2914
InscribedNotations
"Mrs. Shahn 19--(date obscured by tape)"
Back of Mount
In Pencil
Description: upper right corner (on back of mount)
Signature
Signed in artist's hand
see description
Front of Mount
In Ink
Description: Partial sig. because mount was subsequently trimmed down.
Numbered
"#8"
Back of Mount
In Pencil
Description: Upper left corner
Notations
"X-11"
Back of Mount
In Pencil
Description: Lower right corner (back of mount)
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print, trimmed and mounted. Signature in ink on front of mount. Notations in pencil on back of mount. Image of three men standing in the street. (Another man is kneeling and appears to have blood running down his face.)Copyright© Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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