Lot 169 : BEN SHAHN 1898-1969
Auction Location: United States of America - 2006
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Description:
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DOROTHY DILLON EWESON, FAR HILLS, NEW JERSEY
OUR FRIEND
measurements
27 by 40 in.
alternate measurements
(68.6 by 101.6 cm)
signed Ben Shahn, l.l.
tempera on artist's board
Painted circa 1944.
PROVENANCE
Gift from the artist to the present owner
LITERATURE
Frances K. Pohl, Ben Shahn: New Deal Artist in a Cold War Climate, Austin, Texas, 1989, pp. 15-18, illustration of the campaign poster
NOTE
The present work is an original study for a campaign poster to re-elect President Roosevelt created for the National Citizens Political Action Committee. Shahn's son, Jonathan, served as the model for the young boy on the soldier's shoulders. President Roosevelt, his distinctive profile occupying almost half of the composition, is portrayed as the "champion of the American working man."
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