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Transliteration of Ben Shahn's Name into Chinese Characters (Bian Shan = debate + mountain)
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Design is drawn on right half of sheet. Discoloration down center indicates sheet was folded vertically.
Rights: © Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Department of Drawings
Ben Shahn; to Bernarda Bryson Shahn 1969; to Stephen Lee Taller Berkeley California 1994; 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: Transliteration of Ben Shahn's Name into Chinese Characters (Bian Shan = debate + mountain)
Description:
Design is drawn on right half of sheet.
Discoloration down center indicates sheet was folded vertically.
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