Bookshop: Hebrew Books, Holy Day Books

1953

Ben Shahn American, 1898-1969

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Title Bookshop: Hebrew Books, Holy Day Books

Artwork Date 1953

Artist Ben Shahn

Life Dates 1898-1969

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Tempera on panel

Dimensions Framed: 38 1/4 × 31 3/8 × 2 inches (97.2 × 79.7 × 5.1 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department Contemporary Art after 1950

Credit Gift of John S. Newberry

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 55.1

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Signed Signed, lower right: Ben Shahn

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1955-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Bulletin of the DIA 34, no. 3 (1954-55): 74 (ill.).

New Accessions USA. Exh. cat., Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Colorado Springs, 1956, no. 26.

Ben Shahn, a Documentary Exhibition. Exh. cat., Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Boston, 1957.

Sixth Annual Festival of Arts. Exh. cat., Ferris State College. Big Rapids, MI, 1964.

The John S. Newberry Collection. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1965.

20th Century American Painting. Exh. cat., Grand Rapids Art Museum. Grand Rapids, 1967, no. 28 (ill.).

Ben Shahn: Paintings and Graphics. Exh. cat., Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Indianapolis, 1967.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Ben Shahn, Bookshop: Hebrew Books, Holy Day Books, 1953, tempera on panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John S. Newberry, 55.1.

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To Roads in Unknown Regions

Ben Shahn

1968

Mountain Fiddler, Asheville, N.C.

Ben Shahn

1937

Composition for Clarinets and Tin Horn

Ben Shahn

1951

Mask

Multiple makers

1963

No Available Image

Beside the Dead

Ben Shahn

1968

No Available Image

Beside the Dying

Ben Shahn

1968

No Available Image

Frontispiece

Ben Shahn

1968

Kuan Yin

Chinese

between 1368 and 1644

Gaur-Malar Ragini

Indian

18th century

The Intercession of the Virgin

Russian

17th century

Portrait of a Mughal Prince, possibly a copy of a portrait of Sultan Shuja (1616-1659)

Islamic, Indian

between 1650 and 1700

Artist in his Studio

Stephen Goodfellow

1990

Artist in his Studio

Stephen Goodfellow

1990

Easter Egg

Czech Republic

early 20th century

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About the Artwork

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Exhibition History

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Credit Line for Reproduction

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