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Homeric Struggle

A work made of brush and black ink, with brush and gray wash, on ivory wove paper, laid down on cream card.

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  • A work made of brush and black ink, with brush and gray wash, on ivory wove paper, laid down on cream card.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Ben Shahn
American, born Lithuania, 1898-1969

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Ben Shahn

Title

Homeric Struggle

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.

1918–1952

Medium

Brush and black ink, with brush and gray wash, on ivory wove paper, laid down on cream card

Dimensions

67.3 × 55.5 cm (26 1/2 × 21 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Harriott A. Fox Fund

Reference Number

1952.1160

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