Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By / Ben Shahn
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.102
- Title
- Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1898-1969
- Medium and Support
- photo-offset reproduction 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)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Social Realism
- Dimensions
- 71.76 cm x 61.6 cm x 1.91 cm (28 1/4 in. x 24 1/4 in. x 3/4 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Physical Description
- A colored print of a white hand holding onto a brown hand. Above their grasp is both Hebrew block and English lettering that translates/reads: "'Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By...". The painting illustrates the need for diversity during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's.
- Subject Matter
- Diversity and poetry.
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- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2864 x 3792
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2011/1.102
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-1.102/2011_1_102.jpg
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"Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By; Ben Shahn." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-1.102/2011_1_102.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 04, 2024.