Common man, mythic vision : the paintings of Ben Shahn
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Common man, mythic vision : the paintings of Ben Shahn
Princeton University Press, c1998
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Catalog of an exhibition held at the Jewish Museum, New York, Nov. 8, 1998-Mar. 7, 1999, the Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, Mar. 28-June 27, 1999, and the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, July 25-Oct. 31, 1999
Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-192) and index
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Description
Ben Shahn (1898-1969) has long been renowned for his Social Realist paintings of Depression-era America. Equally striking, however, are Shahn's extraordinary later works, which reveal a more introspectivve style as well as the evolution of a new allegorical and mythical pictorial language. The book combines reproductions of Shahn's art with essays by leading experts on his life and career to present a survey of his powerful and engaging mature style. The volume is published in conjunction with a major travelling exhibition organized by The Jewish Museum, New York, to commemorate the centenary of Shahn's birth. The book contains more than 100 illustrations, including 32 in colour.
Table of Contents
Lenders to the Exhibition Ben Shahn's New Deal Murals: Jewish Identity in the American Scene Ben Shahn and Postwar American Art: Shared Visions Allegory in the Work of Ben Shahn Color Plates Catalogue of the Exhibition Chronology Selected Bibliography Index of Names
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