Artworks · Ben Shahn

The Sorrows of Priapus

1957 · Illustrated book with forty-one photolithographic reproductions after brush or pen and ink drawings

page (each): 10 1/2 × 6 15/16" (26.7 × 17.7 cm); book (overall): 10 11/16 × 7 5/16 × 13/16" (27.1 × 18.6 × 2 cm)

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In-text plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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Plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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In-text plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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Plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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In-text plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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Plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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In-text plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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Plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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Plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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In-text plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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Plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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In-text plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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Wilfred Owen (frontispiece) from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Wood engraving from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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Plate from Thirteen Poems

1956 · Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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Mine Building

1956 · Screenprint with hand additions

composition (irreg.): 17 3/8 x 28 9/16" (44.2 x 72.5 cm); sheet: 21 1/8 x 30 7/8" (53.7 x 78.4 cm)

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Cartoon for mosaic mural for William E. Grady Vocational High School, Brooklyn, New York

1956 · Tempera on paper

7' 8 1/2" x 49' 2 1/4" (2.34 x 15 m.)

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Thirteen Poems

1956 · Illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs

page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)

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Design for a Poster

1955 · Ink and gouache on paper on board

38 7/8 x 25 1/2" (98.7 x 64.8 cm)

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Self-Portrait

1955 · Ink on paper

9 3/4 x 6 1/8" (24.7 x 15.4 cm)

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In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

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In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art