BEN SHAHN (1898-1969)
16.04.2026 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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ID 1561219
Lot 87 | BEN SHAHN (1898-1969)
Estimate value
40000USD $ 40 000 – 60 000
Missouri State Seal (Design #3 for St. Louis Post Office Mural)
signed 'Ben Shahn' (lower center)—inscribed 'Design No. 3' (in the upper margin)
tempera on board
image, 4 ½ x 14 ½ in. (11.4 x 36.8 cm.);
overall, 5 ½ x 15 ½ in. (14 x 39.4 cm.)
Painted in 1939.
Provenance
Private collection, Japan.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1970s.
Literature
D.L. Linden, Ben Shahn's New Deal Murals: Jewish Identity in the American Scene, Detroit, Michigan, 2015, pp. 97-98, fig. 44, illustrated.
H. Greenfeld, Ben Shahn: An Artist's Life, Lexington, Massachusetts, 2019, n.p.
Exhibited
New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., Ben Shahn, October 12-November 2, 1968, n.p., no. 16, illustrated.
Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Ben Shahn, May 21-July 5, 1970, n.p., no. 17, illustrated.
Tokyo, Tōkyū Gallery, Yasuo Kuniyoshi/Ben Shahn, August 28-September 16, 1981, n.p., no. 70, illustrated.
| Artist: | Ben Shahn (1898 - 1969) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Tempera |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Genre art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Ben Shahn (1898 - 1969) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Tempera |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Genre art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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