We Shall Overcome / Ben Shahn
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.104
- Title
- We Shall Overcome
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- Lithuania, 1898-1969
- Medium and Support
- offset photolithograph 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
- 55.88 cm x 41.28 cm x 1.91 cm (22 in. x 16 1/4 in. x 3/4 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- offset lithograph
- Secondary Object Classification
- Secondary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- Black line representation of a human head and face, facing the viewer. The head is oval-shaped with vertical parallel lines. The short hair of the person is represented by thick dots and fine curved lines. The nose is formed by straight, vertical lines. Eyebrows are drawn with thick, black lines. "We shall Overcome" is printed in a brown-orange ink across the top of the sheet.
- Subject Matter
- Man and message of encouragement.
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2488 x 3296
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2011/1.104
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-1.104/2011_1_104.jpg
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"We Shall Overcome; Ben Shahn." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-1.104/2011_1_104.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.