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Sun, Oct 31, 2021 05:00PM EDT
Lot 109

Ben Shahn (1898-1969) Lithograph One Must Know Animals Rilke Portfolio

Estimate: $200 - $300

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Signed in plate. Good condition, discoloration at edges. Frame shows minor surface marks. Visible approx. 20.5 x 16.5. Frame approx. 25 x 21 in. Weight 5.8 lbs.

Ben Shahn (1898-1969) was active/lived in New York. Ben Shahn is known for Social-realist painting, illustration, lithography, photography.

A painter, teacher, graphic artist, and photographer, Ben Shahn was devoted to the figurative tradition and was one of the more significant social critics among painters of the 20th century.