Artworks · Ben Shahn

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)

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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)

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Page 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)

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Cover of The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Linen cover with black morocco gilt label 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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Title page 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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Frontispiece from The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Ink drawing 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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Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer

1954 · Ink on paper

19 1/2 x 12 1/4" (49.5 x 31.0 cm)

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The Alphabet of Creation

1954 · Illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)

page (each): 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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TV Antennae

1953 · Screenprint

composition (irreg.): 16 3/16 x 36 15/16" (41.1 x 93.8 cm); sheet: 25 1/8 x 38 3/4" (63.8 x 98.4 cm)

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Phoenix

1952 · Screenprint with watercolor additions

composition: 22 13/16 x 21 9/16" (57.9 x 54.7 cm); sheet: 30 7/8 x 22 3/8" (78.4 x 56.8 cm)

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Triple Dip

1952 · Screenprint with watercolor additions

composition: 29 1/8 x 21" (74 x 53.3 cm); sheet: 30 5/8 x 22 3/16" (77.8 x 56.4 cm)

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Monroe Wheeler in Profile

1952 · Ink on paper

11 7/8 x 8 3/4" (30.2 x 22.3 cm)

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Monroe Wheeler

1952 · Ink on paper

20 1/8 x 13 5/8" (51.0 x 34.6 cm)

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Monroe Wheeler

1952 · Ink on paper

20 1/4 x 13 3/4" (51.3 x 34.9 cm)

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Grinning Politicians

1951 · Brush and black ink on ivory wove paper

23.3 × 30.5 cm (9 3/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Where There is a Book There is No Sword

1950 · Screenprint

composition: 13 7/8 x 11 5/8" (35.3 x 29.6 cm); sheet: 20 15/16 x 14 1/2" (53.2 x 36.8 cm)

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Silent Music

1950 · Screenprint

composition: 17 1/8 x 35 3/16" (43.5 x 89.3 cm); sheet: 25 5/16 x 38 7/8" (64.3 x 98.8 cm)

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Let Your Help Match His Courage

1949 · Tempera on composition board

46 x 30" (116.8 x 76.2 cm)

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Mine Disaster

1948 · Tempera on paper mounted to canvas on plywood

61.2 × 76.4 cm (24 1/8 × 30 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

"A Good Man is Hard to Find"

1948 · Gouache on paper

96 x 62" (243.5 x 157.5 cm)

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Boy on Tricycle

1947 · Screenprint

composition: 14 5/8 x 8 15/16" (37.1 x 22.7 cm)

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Laissez-faire

1947 · Screenprint

composition: 8 3/4 x 16 7/16" (22.3 x 41.7 cm); sheet: 17 7/8 x 24 1/2" (45.4 x 62.3 cm)

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The Violin Player

1947 · Tempera on board

40 x 26" (101.6 x 66 cm)

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Man

1946 · Tempera on board

22 7/8 x 16 3/8" (57.9 x 41.5 cm)

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Study for Father and Child

1946 · Pencil on transparentized paper

14 x 8 7/8" (35.6 x 22.7 cm)

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Study for Father and Child

1946 · Pencil on transparentized paper

17 7/8 x 14" (45.5 x 35.6 cm)

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Study for Father and Child

1946 · Pounced pencil on transparentized paper

39 3/8 x 28 1/4" (100.2 x 72 cm)

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Study for Father and Child

1946 · Pounced pencil on cut-and-pasted transparentized paper

29 1/2 x 18 3/4" (74.9 x 47.8 cm)

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Study for Father and Child

1946 · Pencil on transparentized paper

18 x 14" (45.9 x 35.6 cm)

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Study for Father and Child

1946 · Pencil on transparentized paper

24 3/4 x 18 3/4" (63 x 47.6 cm)

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Studies for Father and Child

1946 · Pencil or pounced pencil on transparentized paper

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Father and Child

1946 · Tempera on board

39 7/8 x 30" (101.5 x 76.2 cm)

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a) Mayor La Guardia b) Two Figures

1946 · a) Gouache on paper b) Ink on paper

.a: 6 5/8 x 5 1/2" (17 x 13.9 cm), .b: 5 1/2 x 6 5/8" (13.9 x 17 cm)

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For All These Rights We've Just Begun to Fight, Register, Vote

1946 · Lithograph

29 x 38 1/8" (73.7 x 96.8cm)

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We Want Peace, Register, Vote

1946 · Lithograph

Sheet: 41 1/4 x 27" (104.8 x 68.6cm)

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To Give Them A Break...Register, Vote

1946 · Lithograph

Sheet: 39 3/4 x 29 3/4" (101 x 75.6cm)

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