Portrait of Frederick Douglass / Ben Shahn
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.41.1
- Title
- Portrait of Frederick Douglass
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Medium and Support
- screenprint on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1965
- 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 Warren M. Robbins
- Style/Group/Movement
- Social Realist
- Inscription
- Printed at top center: FREDERICK DOUGLASS Signed in image, l.r.: Ben Shahn Signed and numbered in crayon, l.l.: Ben Shahn 9/250 On label on paper wrapper to suite: "Drawn especially for the Museum of African Art and the Frederick Douglas Institute for Inter-Cultural Understanding."
- Dimensions
- 56 cm x 42.9 cm (22 1/16 in. x 16 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- A man is potrayed with curly hair and beard, a stern facial expression, and a formal suit and bowtie. His gaze is slightly off-center. The words "Frederick Douglass" borders the piece along with the artist's signatures and the screenprint number.
- Subject Matter
- Potrait of Frederick Douglass.
- Secondary Keywords
- costume
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- main garments
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- people and culture
- people by gender
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- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 985 x 1461
- File Size
- 103 KB
- Record
- 1993/1.41.1
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1993-sl-1.41.1/1993_1.41.1.jpg
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"Portrait of Frederick Douglass; Ben Shahn." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1993-sl-1.41.1/1993_1.41.1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 09, 2024.