Warsaw / Ben Shahn
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.101
- Title
- Warsaw
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Medium and Support
- serigraph on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1943; printed 1963
- 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)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Social Realism
- Dimensions
- 102.24 cm x 78.74 cm x 1.91 cm (40 1/4 in. x 31 in. x 3/4 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- black and white print
- Physical Description
- A black and white print that features a person holding his head in clenched fists. His clothing is creased by his dynamic position, back is haunched. Below the drawing is stylized Hebrew block print. Translated it reads "These martyrs I well remember, and my soul melts with secret sorrow. Evil men have devoured us and eagerly consumed us". The calligraphy is a prayer recited for the Musaf Service during Yom Kippur.
- Subject Matter
- Jewish prayer.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3181 x 4190
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2011/1.101
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-1.101/2011_1_101.jpg
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"Warsaw; Ben Shahn." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-1.101/2011_1_101.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
