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Cover Design for "The Jews Among The Nations," by Erich Kahler
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Mechanically-lettered text in black, touched up by hand (or entirely hand-lettered?), and hand-lettered text in blue gouache on off-white illustration board; translucent blue adhesive layer applied to illustration board, with image and Hebrew text printed onto it; text inscribed in white gouache above printed design. An oblong piece of heavy paper has been laid under the blue adhesive layer, leaving a raised shape.
Rights: © Estate of Ben Shahn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Department of Drawings
Ben Shahn; to Bernarda Bryson Shahn 1969 gift; to Stephen Lee Taller Berkeley California 1990; 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 "The Jews Among The Nations," by Erich Kahler
Description:
Mechanically-lettered text in black, touched up by hand (or entirely hand-lettered?), and hand-lettered text in blue gouache on off-white illustration board; translucent blue adhesive layer applied to illustration board, with image and Hebrew text printed onto it; text inscribed in white gouache above printed design.
An oblong piece of heavy paper has been laid under the blue adhesive layer, leaving a raised shape.
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