Exhibition History"MCM - Y2K: A Century of Art On Paper," Des Moines Art Center, Dec. 11, 1999 - Feb. 13, 2000
"People At Work," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 1 - May 11, 1997
"Diversity of Line: A Selection from the Permanent Collection," Des Moines Art Center, Nov. 16, 1990 - Apr. 7, 1991
"Jewish Experience in Art," Grinnell College Art Department, Grinnell, Oct. 12 - 22, 1977
"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, Jan. 7 - Feb. 10, 1974; University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Feb. 25 - Mar. 31, 1974
"Ben Shahn Retrospective," organized by the Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.; (Circulated by the International Circulating Exhibitions to: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Dec. 22, 1961 - Jan. 22, 1962; Palais Des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Feb. 3 - Feb. 25, 1962; Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Mar. 31 - Apr. 29, 1962; Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, May 22 - June 24, 1962)
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 14, 1960
"Art Day," Winterset, July 25, 1959
"Sports and Recreation Panorama," Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, Apr. 5 - May 3, 1959
"Art To-day," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 2 - Mar. 2, 1958 (drawing was purchased from exhibition)
"Ben Shahn, A Documentary Exhibition," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Apr. 10 - May 31, 1957
"Sport in Art from Collections Assembled for an Olympic Year," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Nov. 15 - Dec. 15, 1955; (Circulated to: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Jan. 5 - Jan. 30, 1956; J.B. Speed Memorial Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 15 - Mar. 10, 1956; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Mar. 25 - Apr. 20, 1956; Denver Art Museum, May 5 - May 30, 1956; Los Angeles County Museum, June 15 - July 10, 1956; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, July 28 - Aug. 26, 1956; Australia, Nov. 1956)
"Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity", Museo Reina Sofia, Oct 4 2023 to Feb 26, 2024, Laura Katzman, Curator
Published ReferencesEloise Spaeth, AMERICAN ART MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES: AN INTRODUCTION TO LOOKING, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1960, ref. p.145
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. ill.
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.193 & 194, b/w ill. pl.125, p.194
"The Kirsch Years: 1936 - 1958," Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1974, exh. cat. no.64
Robert Henkes, SPORT & ART: A GUIDE FOR BEGINNING ILLUSTRATORS, Prentice-Hall Publishers, Saddle River, N.J., 1984
Bernard Bryson Shahn, BEN SHAHN, Harry Abrams, New York, 1972, full-page ill. p.313
Gallery Guide for "Diversity of Line," Des Moines Art Center, Nov. 1990
"Sports and Recreation Panorama," Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, 1959, exh. cat. no.125
"MCM - Y2K: A Century of Art On Paper," Des Moines Art Center, 1999, exh. cat. ref. p.27
Elizabeth Childs, ed. SUSPENDED LICENSE: CENSORSHIP AND THE VISUAL ARTS, University of Washington Press, Seattle & London, 1997, p.246
"Sport In Art from Collections Assembled for an Olympic Year," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1955, exh. cat. no.91, ill.
James Thrall Soby, BEN SHAHN: HIS GRAPHIC ART, George Braziller, Inc., New York, 1957, ill. p.102
"Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity", Museo Reina Sofia, Oct 4 2023 to Feb 26, 2024, Laura Katzman, Curator
"People At Work," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 1 - May 11, 1997
"Diversity of Line: A Selection from the Permanent Collection," Des Moines Art Center, Nov. 16, 1990 - Apr. 7, 1991
"Jewish Experience in Art," Grinnell College Art Department, Grinnell, Oct. 12 - 22, 1977
"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, Jan. 7 - Feb. 10, 1974; University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Feb. 25 - Mar. 31, 1974
"Ben Shahn Retrospective," organized by the Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.; (Circulated by the International Circulating Exhibitions to: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Dec. 22, 1961 - Jan. 22, 1962; Palais Des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Feb. 3 - Feb. 25, 1962; Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Mar. 31 - Apr. 29, 1962; Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, May 22 - June 24, 1962)
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 14, 1960
"Art Day," Winterset, July 25, 1959
"Sports and Recreation Panorama," Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, Apr. 5 - May 3, 1959
"Art To-day," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 2 - Mar. 2, 1958 (drawing was purchased from exhibition)
"Ben Shahn, A Documentary Exhibition," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Apr. 10 - May 31, 1957
"Sport in Art from Collections Assembled for an Olympic Year," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Nov. 15 - Dec. 15, 1955; (Circulated to: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Jan. 5 - Jan. 30, 1956; J.B. Speed Memorial Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 15 - Mar. 10, 1956; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Mar. 25 - Apr. 20, 1956; Denver Art Museum, May 5 - May 30, 1956; Los Angeles County Museum, June 15 - July 10, 1956; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, July 28 - Aug. 26, 1956; Australia, Nov. 1956)
"Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity", Museo Reina Sofia, Oct 4 2023 to Feb 26, 2024, Laura Katzman, Curator
Published ReferencesEloise Spaeth, AMERICAN ART MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES: AN INTRODUCTION TO LOOKING, Harper & Brothers, New York, 1960, ref. p.145
"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. ill.
DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.193 & 194, b/w ill. pl.125, p.194
"The Kirsch Years: 1936 - 1958," Des Moines Art Center and the University of Nebraska Art Galleries, Lincoln, 1974, exh. cat. no.64
Robert Henkes, SPORT & ART: A GUIDE FOR BEGINNING ILLUSTRATORS, Prentice-Hall Publishers, Saddle River, N.J., 1984
Bernard Bryson Shahn, BEN SHAHN, Harry Abrams, New York, 1972, full-page ill. p.313
Gallery Guide for "Diversity of Line," Des Moines Art Center, Nov. 1990
"Sports and Recreation Panorama," Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, 1959, exh. cat. no.125
"MCM - Y2K: A Century of Art On Paper," Des Moines Art Center, 1999, exh. cat. ref. p.27
Elizabeth Childs, ed. SUSPENDED LICENSE: CENSORSHIP AND THE VISUAL ARTS, University of Washington Press, Seattle & London, 1997, p.246
"Sport In Art from Collections Assembled for an Olympic Year," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1955, exh. cat. no.91, ill.
James Thrall Soby, BEN SHAHN: HIS GRAPHIC ART, George Braziller, Inc., New York, 1957, ill. p.102
"Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity", Museo Reina Sofia, Oct 4 2023 to Feb 26, 2024, Laura Katzman, Curator
DimensionsFrame: 36 1/8 × 49 3/8 × 2 in. (91.8 × 125.4 × 5.1 cm)
Image (image): 26 1/2 × 40 1/4 in. (67.3 × 102.2 cm)
Image (image): 26 1/2 × 40 1/4 in. (67.3 × 102.2 cm)
Accession Number 1958.23
Classificationswork on paper
CopyrightARS
SignedBen Shahn (l,r ink)
ProvenanceArtist. (Downtown Gallery, New York); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1958]
