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"Every slave"

1931

Ben Shahn (American, 1898–1969)

2008.793.6

Not currently on view

inkpaper

Artwork Details

Portfolio Title
Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow
Publisher
Philip Van Doren Stern
ArtistCreation Date
1931
Creation Location
United States
Materials
lithograph on Canson and Montgolfier cream wove paper
Object Types
lithographs
Dimensions

13 x 10 in. (sheet)

Mark Description

Signed and dated in ink on the front paste down of the portfolio, u.c.: Ben Shahn / Philip Van Doren Stern / Fri. Feb. 13, 1931

Accession Number
2008.793.6
Credit Line

Gift of Joan and Walter Wolf

Copyright
© 2025 Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Collection

Prints, Drawings, and Photographs

Color Palette

Sotheby's, New York, 1986; purchased by Walter and Joan Wolf, Indianapolis, Indiana; IMA.



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