Credo (large) / Ben Shahn
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2011/1.99
- Title
- Credo (large)
- Artist
- Ben Shahn
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Medium and Support
- serigraph on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1960
- 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
- 60.96 cm x 71.12 cm x 1.91 cm (24 in. x 28 in. x 3/4 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Physical Description
- The print shows a drawing of the head of an animal. Below it 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
- Creature and inpsiring message.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3448 x 2792
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2011/1.99
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-1.99/2011_1_99.jpg
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"Credo (large); Ben Shahn." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-1.99/2011_1_99.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.