Credo (small) / Ben Shahn

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Accession Number
2011/1.98
Title
Credo (small)
Artist
Ben Shahn
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
1898-1969
Medium and Support
serigraph on paper
Object Creation Date
1960
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Style/Group/Movement
Social Realism
Dimensions
84.46 cm x 69.22 cm x 1.91 cm (33 1/4 in. x 27 1/4 in. x 3/4 in.)
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
color print
Physical Description
A bald man with a furrowed brow holds an open book to the viewer. The book's pages open to an illustration of a distressed animal. Writing in blue takes up the lower portion of the print and reads: "I have the right to believe freely. To be a slave to no man's authority. If this is heresy so be it. It is still the truth to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. I cannot...will not...recant. Here I stand. No man can command my conscience."
Subject Matter
Portrait of a man with book and inspirational words.
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Image Size
3256 x 3992
File Size
2 MB
Record
2011/1.98
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"Credo (small); Ben Shahn." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-1.98/2011_1_98.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 02, 2024.
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