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Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti

A work made of screenprint in black and brown on cream wove paper.

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  • A work made of screenprint in black and brown on cream wove paper.

Artist:

Ben Shahn
American, born Lithuania, 1898-1969

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Ben Shahn

Title

Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1958

Medium

Screenprint in black and brown on cream wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed center right, in pen and red ink: "Ben Shahn"

Dimensions

Image: 64.5 × 44 cm (25 7/16 × 17 3/8 in.); Sheet, sight: 69 × 50.8 cm (27 3/16 × 20 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Esther Sparks Sprague

Reference Number

2015.407

Extended information about this artwork

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