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Artist or Maker: Ben Shahn (1898-1969)

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Provenance: Downtown Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the donor.

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Exhibited: Chicago, Illinois, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Contemporary Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Ludgin, 1946.
Chicago, Illinois, The Arts Club of Chicago, Exhibition: Ben Shahn, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, 1951.
Chicago, Illinois, The Renaissance Socitey at the University of Chicago, Ben Shahn, 1954.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Contemporary Arts Center, An American Viewpoint: Realism in Twentieth Century American Paintings, 1957.
Trenton, New Jersey, New Jersey State Museum, Ben Shahn: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1969.
New York, Jewish Museum, Ben Shahn: A Retrospective 1898-1969, no. 25, 1976-77.
Chicago, Illinois, Museum of Contemporary Art, Permanent Collection: The Mary and Earle Ludgin Collection, 1983.
Kalamazoo, Michigan, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, A Century of Caring, 1986.
Youngstown, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art, Visions of America: Urban Realism 1900-1945, 1996.

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Notes: Property Belonging to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Sold to Benefit the Museum's Acquisition Fund*

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