Ben Shahn. Haggadah for Passover

Ben Shahn

Haggadah for Passover

1966

Illustrated book with twelve pochoir and collotypes, ten collotypes, two pochoir and line blocks and one lithograph with gold leaf and watercolor additions

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Medium Illustrated book with twelve pochoir and collotypes, ten collotypes, two pochoir and line blocks and one lithograph with gold leaf and watercolor additions
Dimensions irreg. composition 13 11/16 x 21 5/16" (34.7 x 54.2 cm) irreg. page 15 9/16 x 11 15/16" (39 x 30.4 cm)
Publisher The Trianon Press, London and Paris
Printer Mourlot, Paris
Edition 292
Credit Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hudson D. Walker, in memory of René d'Harnoncourt
Object number 1649.1968
Department Drawings and Prints

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Ben Shahn

American, born Lithuania. 1898–1969 111 works online

Ben Shahn once said, “I paint two things: what I love and what I abhor.” The artist had a deep affection for American workers, immigrants, and disenfranchised communities, and often expressed an abhorrence for injustice and oppression.

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