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TITLE:
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Seward Park
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WORK DATE:
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1935-1936
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CATEGORY:
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Prints
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MATERIALS:
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Color Lithograph
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MARKINGS:
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Signed below mat lower right and dedicated to Edith Halpert, influential dealer and gallery owner, "to Edith – Ben Shahn"
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SIZE:
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Dimensions Unframed: 11.8 in x 17.8 in.
Dimensions Framed: 15 in x 21.5 in.
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REGION:
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American
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PRICE*:
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Contact Gallery for Price
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DESCRIPTION:
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Born in Kovno, Lithuania to an orthodox Jewish family, Ben Shahn became one of America's leading Social-Realist painters, addressing causes related to social injustices. Shahn's methods included flat, muted coloration, and mod figures with varied and usually tense facial expressions, set against a background of buildings and empty spaces. Shahn observed the prevailing modernism in Europe when he traveled there in the 1920s but rejected it because he felt it was detached from important societal issues. In this assessment, Shahn shared the philosophy of some of his contemporaries in New York such as John Sloan and Robert Henri, founders of Social Realism. Returning to the United States in 1929, Shahn spoke out strongly against abstract art and became a natural ally with Henri and the 'Ashcan' school that focused on the poor quality of life of lower-income people and their economic disparity from the wealthy classes.
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