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(New York, 1898-1969)
How Do I Love Thee (Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet), illustration for [Love Sonnet's], edited by Louis Untermeyer, 1964, signed left under angel "Ben Shahn", watercolor and ink on paper, 7-3/4 x 25-1/2 in.; gilt wood frame,. Condition: not removed from original frame, not apprently laid down, light fading of calligraphy. Notes: Exhibited: The University Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, Annual Art Exhibition, April 7, 1989 (labels verso)
Literature: [Love Sonnet's], edited by Louis Untermeyer, Odyssey Press; New York, 1964; Bernarda Bryson Shahn, [Ben Shahn], Harry N. Abrams, Inc., publisher; New York, ill. P. 253, 266 (lot accompanied by book). Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York, # BSZ 892 (label verso), purchased November 8, 1971; Collection of Dr. Murray Jaffe, Cincinnati, Ohio; Private Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio
How Do I Love Thee (Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet), illustration for [Love Sonnet's], edited by Louis Untermeyer, 1964, signed left under angel "Ben Shahn", watercolor and ink on paper, 7-3/4 x 25-1/2 in.; gilt wood frame,. Condition: not removed from original frame, not apprently laid down, light fading of calligraphy. Notes: Exhibited: The University Club, Cincinnati, Ohio, Annual Art Exhibition, April 7, 1989 (labels verso)
Literature: [Love Sonnet's], edited by Louis Untermeyer, Odyssey Press; New York, 1964; Bernarda Bryson Shahn, [Ben Shahn], Harry N. Abrams, Inc., publisher; New York, ill. P. 253, 266 (lot accompanied by book). Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York, # BSZ 892 (label verso), purchased November 8, 1971; Collection of Dr. Murray Jaffe, Cincinnati, Ohio; Private Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio
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not removed from original frame, not apprently laid down, light fading of calligraphy
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