1974 Lithograph Ben Shahn Abstract Art Childbirth Women Labor Giving Birth XALA1
CONDITION
This 37+ year old Item is rated Near Mint / Very Fine+. No creases. No natural defects. No surface rub. No tears. No water damage. Please note: There is printing on the verso.
- Product Type: Original Lithograph; Monochrome
- Grade: Near Mint / Very Fine+
- Dimensions: Approximately 8.5 x 11 inches; 22 x 28 cm
- Authentication: Serial-Numbered Certificate of Authenticity w/ Full Provenance
- Protection: Packaged in a custom archival sleeve with an acid-free black board (great for display, gift-giving, and preservation)
Period Paper is ecstatic to present an unique collection of lithographs from 1974. The images created for this collection are from a limited edition of only 950 copies. This edition is unnumbered. The original lithographs were created for a portfolio based on ShahnÕs reactions to Rainer Maria RilkeÕs poetry in an autobiographical novel entitled ÒThe Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge.Ó The images were reproduced to bring his work to the public. The images in this collection are lithographs, but the signatures are halftone prints.
This piece was illustrated by Shahn, Ben. Artist signature in print - bottom right of image.
Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn (1898-1969) was a native of Kovno, Lithuania, prior to relocating to New York City, where he received his formal art education at the Art Students League of New York. Shahn also studied at the Academy de la Grand Chaumiere and the National Academy of Design School. He is most recognized for his social realist paintings, as well as his photography, magazine illustrations, poster art designs, murals, printmaking, and graphic art designs. His works primarily centered on metaphors, animals, American scenery, cityscapes, religion, nude figures, floral, genre, landscapes and architecture. His works have been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D. C. and more. Shahn was also a member of the WPA Federal Arts Project, the Society of Illustrators and more. Later, he taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School. During World War II, he worked for the Office of War Information (OWI), and did various commissioned works for Time, Fortune, and Harper's magazines.
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