Portrait of Frederick Douglass / Ben Shahn
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1993/1.41.2
- 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
- circa 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 head and gaze is turned to the right of the piece. 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
- costume by form
- main garments
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- people and culture
- people by gender
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 981 x 1445
- File Size
- 98 KB
- Record
- 1993/1.41.2
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1993-sl-1.41.2/1993_1.41.2.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-1.41.2/1993_1.41.2.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
