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Cover Design for "Memoirs Of My People: Jewish Self-Portraits from the 11th to the 20th Centuries," edited by Leo W. Schwarz

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Japanese paper with black ink, overlaid with tissue, overlaid with acetate. Signature is on Japanese paper. Tissue is mounted to Japanese paper with cellophane tape.
Rights: © Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Department of Drawings Estate of Ben Shahn; to [Dintenfass Gallery New York New York] sold; to Stephen Lee Taller Berkeley California 1988; to Dolores Taller gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums 2002. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Stephen Lee Taller Ben Shahn Archive Gift of Dolores S. Taller
Title: Cover Design for "Memoirs Of My People: Jewish Self-Portraits from the 11th to the 20th Centuries," edited by Leo W. Schwarz
Description:
Japanese paper with black ink, overlaid with tissue, overlaid with acetate.
Signature is on Japanese paper.
Tissue is mounted to Japanese paper with cellophane tape.

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