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Ben Shahn
Untitled (New York City)
- Estimate
- $5,000 - 7,000
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print.
1932-1935
6 3/8 x 9 in. (16.2 x 22.9 cm)
Annotated 'N.Y. - probably mid-30s' in an unidentified hand in ink and Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University 'Deaccessioned' stamp on the verso; acquisition notations in an unidentified hand in pencil on the backing board.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Ben Shahn explored the socio-political climate of the Depression extensively, both as a photographer and painter, often using his photographs as the source material for his paintings. This image of two men seated on the streets of New York City with a newspaper resting between them served as the basis for his painting Democracies Fear New Peace Offensive (Spring 1940), in which he subtly alters the paper's headline. This painting is held in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Provenance
Literature