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Antique Print Department
313 Occidental Ave S. • Seattle, WA 98104 (Map)
Director: Emily Pothast (email) • 206 624.6700
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5:30pm
Ben Shahn (American 1898-1969)
Available Works
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.
Baseball
Wood engraving by Stefan Martin (1936-1994) after a drawing by Shahn, 1968. Signed by both Martin and Shahn. Published by International Graphic Arts Society, NY. Edition 278/350.
11-1/2 x 19-3/4 inches.
[30039]
$950
Poster for Paris Review
Color lithograph. Signed & red chop. Edition 136/200.
39 x 25-3/4 inches.
[30018]
$600
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 inches.
[24546/16328]
$600
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 inches.
[24558]
$350
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 inches.
[24562]
$850
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 inches.
[24552/16181]
$625
Supermarket
Serigraph, 1957. Edition size unspecified, 57 known impressions according to Prescott. Signed in red brush.
Image: 17 x 38-1/8 inches.
[24540]
$4500
Screams of Women in Labor
Plate XVIII for 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 inches.
[22738]
$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 inches.
[24861]
$925
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 inches.
[24569/16220]
$250
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, approx 18 x 22 inches; sheet approx 20 x 25 inches.
[24572]
$1100 (set of 5)
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, approx 18 x 22 inches; sheet approx 20 x 25 inches.
[24572]
$1100 (set of 5)
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, approx 18 x 22 inches; sheet approx 20 x 25 inches.
[24572]
$1100 (set of 5)
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, approx 18 x 22 inches; sheet approx 20 x 25 inches.
[24572]
$1100 (set of 5)
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, approx 18 x 22 inches; sheet approx 20 x 25 inches.
[24572]
$1100 (set of 5)
