Portrait of Sacco and Vanzetti / Ben Shahn
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1975/1.70
- Title
- Portrait of Sacco and Vanzetti
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1958
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
- Style/Group/Movement
- Social Realist
- Inscription
- Signed, in red with brush, l.r.: Ben Shahn
- Dimensions
- 47 cm x 51.1 cm (18 1/2 in. x 20 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- caricature
- Secondary Object Classification
- Secondary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- Two men sit at the center of the print with inquisitive looks upon their faces. Certain facial elements are distorted. They stand with shoulders haunched, and pupiless eyes. Both sets of arms are restrained by handcuffs, and they are handcuffed to one another at the center of the print.
- Subject Matter
- Portrait of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 975 x 805
- File Size
- 76 KB
- Record
- 1975/1.70
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1975-sl-1.70/1975_1.70.jpg
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"Portrait of Sacco and Vanzetti; Ben Shahn." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1975-sl-1.70/1975_1.70.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
