Exhibition History"The Kirsch Years: 1936 - 1958," a testimonial exhibition assembled from the collections of the Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln; Des Moines Art Center, Jan. 7 - Feb. 10, 1974; University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, Feb. 25 - Mar. 31, 1974
"American Painting: 1900 to Present," Tyler Museum of Art, TX, Mar. 21 - Apr. 28, 1971
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 14, 1960
"Purchase Show," Des Moines Art Center, May 9 - July 2, 1957
"Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity", Museo Reina Sofia, Oct 4 2023 to Feb 26, 2024, Laura Katzman, Curator
Published References"American Painting: 1900 to Present," Tyler Museum of Art, TX, 1971, exh. cat. ill.
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. ill.
DMAC Bulletin, July 1960, ill.
"The Kirsch Years: 1936 - 1958," Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1974, exh. cat. no.63
Bernarda Bryson Shahn, BEN SHAHN, Harry Abrams, N.Y., 1972, color ill. p.202
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.193 & 194
"Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity", Museo Reina Sofia, Oct 4 2023 to Feb 26, 2024, Laura Katzman, Curator
"American Painting: 1900 to Present," Tyler Museum of Art, TX, Mar. 21 - Apr. 28, 1971
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 14, 1960
"Purchase Show," Des Moines Art Center, May 9 - July 2, 1957
"Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity", Museo Reina Sofia, Oct 4 2023 to Feb 26, 2024, Laura Katzman, Curator
Published References"American Painting: 1900 to Present," Tyler Museum of Art, TX, 1971, exh. cat. ill.
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. ill.
DMAC Bulletin, July 1960, ill.
"The Kirsch Years: 1936 - 1958," Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1974, exh. cat. no.63
Bernarda Bryson Shahn, BEN SHAHN, Harry Abrams, N.Y., 1972, color ill. p.202
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.193 & 194
"Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity", Museo Reina Sofia, Oct 4 2023 to Feb 26, 2024, Laura Katzman, Curator
DimensionsBoard: 26 × 39 1/2 in. (66 × 100.3 cm)
Sheet: 25 1/2 × 38 7/8 in. (64.8 × 98.7 cm)
Sheet: 25 1/2 × 38 7/8 in. (64.8 × 98.7 cm)
Accession Number 1957.13
Classificationswork on paper
CopyrightARS
SignedBen Shahn (l,r)
ProvenanceArtist. (Downtown Gallery, New York); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1957]
