BEN SHAHN
(American 1898-1969)

Ben Shahn is noted as one of the greatest American graphic artists of the 20th century.  Shahn loved to draw and his signature graphic style of economy of line, and bold, composition is easily recognizable.  Shahn used his skill as a draughtsman and the medium of printmaking to disseminate his feelings and reactions to social and political events, to illustrate his personal interests, and to reflect on his spiritual background.

Maximus of Tyre
Serigraph with handcoloring, 1963.
Edition size unspecified, 34 known impressions according to Prescott. Proof impression before text. Unsigned. Image: 34 x 25-1/2 in.
$600.

24546/16328

Culture
Serigraph in black with brown calligraphy, 1968. Edition size unspecified, 72 known impressions according to Prescott. Unsigned.
Image: 22-1/4 x 18-3/4 in.
$350.

24558

Paris Review
Color lithograph, 1968.
Edition size 200. Signed in black conte crayon. Sheet: 39-1/4 x 25-3/4 in.
$600.

SOLD

Epis
Lithograph, 1969.
Edition size 120. Signed in the stone, “J. Mourlot
Grav. Lith.” in the stone. No known hand signed
impressions from this edition. Lithography and
printing by Mourlot Graphics Ltd., New York after
woodengraving Beatitudes and the drawing Man
Picking Wheat.
Image: 24 x 32-1/4 in.
$850.

24562

Clanging Cymbals
One from a set of five lithographs, 1969-70. Edition size 125. Printed by Mourlot Graphics Ltd., New York. Published by Kennedy Graphics, Inc., New York. Image sizes vary but approximately 18 x 22 inches; sheet size of each approx 20 x 25 in.
$1100/five.

24572

Young Man Playing Double Pipe
One from a set of five lithographs, 1969-70.
Edition size 125. Printed by Mourlot Graphics Ltd.,
New York.Published by Kennedy Graphics, Inc.,
New York. Image sizes vary but approximately
18 x 22 inches; sheet size of each approx 20 x 25 in.
$1100/five.

24572

Man Sounding Horn
One from a set of five lithographs, 1969-70. Edition size 125. Printed by Mourlot Graphics Ltd., New York. Published by Kennedy Graphics, Inc., New York. Image sizes vary but approximately 18 x 22 inches; sheet size of each approx 20 x 25 in.
$1100/five.

24572

Man Playing Organ
One from a set of five lithographs, 1969-70.
Edition size 125. Printed by Mourlot Graphics
Ltd., New York. Published by Kennedy Graphics,
Inc., New York. Image sizes vary but approximately
18 x 22 inches; sheet size of each approx 20 x 25 in.
$1100/five.

24572

Youth Sounding Trumpet
One from a set of five lithographs, 1969-70. Edition size 125. Printed by Mourlot Graphics Ltd., New York.
Published by Kennedy Graphics, Inc., New York.
Image sizes vary but approximately 18 x 22 inches; sheet size of each approx 20 x 25 in.
$1100/five.

24572

Ecclesiastes
Serigraph in black with sepia calligraphy, 1966.
Edition size unspecified, 132 known impressions according to Prescott. Signed in pencil. Image: 20 x 16 in.
$650.

SOLD

Ecclesiastes
Serigraph in sepia with black calligraphy, 1966.
Edition size unspecified, 132 known impressions according to Prescott. Signed in black conte crayon. Image: 20 x 16 in.
$625.

24552/16181

Algerian Memory
Serigraph in brown, 1959
Edition size unspecified, 70 known impressions according to Prescott.
Signed in red brush.
Image: 16-3/8 x 11-5/8 in.
$400.

24541/16182

Supermarket
Serigraph, 1957.
Edition size unspecified, 57 known impressions
according to Prescott. Signed in red brush.
Image: 17 x 38-1/8 in.
$4,500.

24540

Screams of Women in Labor
Plate XVIII for the Rilke Portfolio. Text from The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke. Lithograph, 1968. Edition 946/950. Signed in the stone.
21-1/8 x 17-1/4 in.

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$375.

Haggadah
Lithograph in black and grey with hand coloring and added
gold leaf, 1966. Edition size approximately 300. Signed in
black brush. Lithography/printing by Imprimerie Mourlot,
Paris after drawings by Shahn. Without centerfold, issued
as an individual print and not as frontispiece to “Haggadah
for Passover.”
Image: 13-7/8 x 21-1/2 in.
$925.

24861

Rex
Wood engraving, 1965.
Edition size 100. Posthumous printing (1970) signed “Stefan Martin inc. imp.” Wood engraving by Stefan Martin after Shahn drawing. Image: 9-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.
$250.

24569/16220