Artist Monograph

Ben Shahn, American

Ben Shahn is represented by 241 works in MoMA's permanent collection, classified as american.

American, born Lithuania. 1898–1969

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Medium & Technique Profile

Primary media across the MoMA holdings

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	108	44.8%
Drawing	60	24.9%
Photography	27	11.2%
Screenprint	18	7.5%
Gouache	10	4.1%
Tempera	7	2.9%

Technique range

Ben Shahn’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Lithography, with secondary engagement in Drawing, Photography, Screenprint, Gouache, Tempera.

Collection Distribution: MoMA & The Met

Works held at MoMA

MoMA holds a substantial body of 241 works attributed to Ben Shahn, representing verified accession records curated by the museum’s Department of Painting and Sculpture and sister departments.

Cultural Context & Contemporaries

National context

Ben Shahn is catalogued under American nationality. See the full American artists hub.

Contemporaries among American artists

16315
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works at MoMA
3358
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works at MoMA
2199
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works at MoMA
1338
Lee Friedlander
works at MoMA
932
George Maciunas
works at MoMA

Lifespan & active period

Lifespan: 1898–1969 (71 years). Artistic production is attributed within this window.

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 150 shown of 241

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
New York City Photograph Acc. 72.1976	n.d.	Gelatin silver print	6 1/4 × 9 1/2" (16.1 × 24.0 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Siesta at Djerba Drawing Acc. 2663.1967	1929	Ink on paper	12 5/8 x 17 3/8" (32.1 x 44.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
New York City Photograph Acc. 71.1976	c. 1930	Gelatin silver print	6 3/8 × 8 15/16" (16.2 × 22.7 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco Drawing Acc. 144.1935	1931–32	Gouache on paper on board	10 7/8 x 14 5/8" (27.6 x 37.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Behold What Is Greater from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Print Acc. 1269.1940.B01	1931	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 11 11/16 x 7 15/16" (29.7 x 20.2 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 15/16" (33 × 25.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Eternal Silence Reigns from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Print Acc. 1269.1940.B03	1931	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 9 1/8 x 7 13/16" (23.2 x 19.8 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 15/16" (33 × 25.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Every Slave from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Print Acc. 1269.1940.B06	1931	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 11 11/16 x 7 5/16" (29.7 x 18.5 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 15/16" (33 × 25.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Every Woman from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Print Acc. 1269.1940.B07	1931	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 9 11/16 x 7 3/16" (24.6 x 18.2 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 15/16" (33 × 25.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
He Worshipped the Worm from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Print Acc. 1269.1940.B09	1931	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 11 1/2 x 8 1/8" (29.2 x 20.6 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 15/16" (33 × 25.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
I Saw Dimly Relieved from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Print Acc. 1269.1940.B02	1931	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 10 1/4 x 7 15/16" (26.1 x 20.2 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 15/16" (33 × 25.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Print Acc. 1269.1940.A-B	1931	Portfolio of ten lithographs and supplementary text	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 13 x 9 15/16" (33 x 25.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Rachel Weeping from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Print Acc. 1269.1940.B04	1931	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 11 5/8 x 8 1/8" (29.6 x 20.6 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 15/16" (33 × 25.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
She Also Is the Mother from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Print Acc. 1269.1940.B08	1931	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 10 5/8 x 7 13/16" (27 x 19.8 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 15/16" (33 × 25.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
She It Was That Stood from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Print Acc. 1269.1940.B05	1931	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 11 11/16 x 8 1/4" (29.7 x 21 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 15/16" (33 × 25.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
To Plague His Heart from Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow Print Acc. 1269.1940.B10	1931	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 7 5/16 x 11 3/16" (18.6 x 28.4 cm); sheet: 13 × 9 15/16" (33 × 25.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Two Witnesses, Mellie Edeau and Sadie Edeau Drawing Acc. 128.1946	1932	Tempera on paper on board	12 1/8 x 16 1/8" (30.8 x 41 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Children of Destitute Mountaineer, Arkansas Photograph Acc. 214.1941	1935	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 5/8" (16.5 × 24.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Circus Poster, Smithland, Kentucky Photograph Acc. 324.1938	1935	Gelatin silver print	8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Coal Miner, Kentucky Photograph Acc. 215.1941	1935	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 5/8" (16.5 × 24.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Colored Inhabitant of Scott's Run, West Virginia, Who Has Just Received Relief Check Photograph Acc. 311.1938	1935	Gelatin silver print	8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Deputy in West Virginia Mining Town Photograph Acc. 203.2002	September 1935	Gelatin silver print	6 3/16 × 9 1/2" (15.7 × 24.2 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Farmers at Maynardville, Tennessee Photograph Acc. 310.1938	1935	Gelatin silver print	8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Interior of Ozark School, Arkansas Photograph Acc. 179.1984	September 1935	Gelatin silver print	7 1/2 × 9 3/4" (19 × 24.7 cm)	Photography	Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Ozark Family, Arkansas Photograph Acc. 217.1941	1935	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 5/8" (16.5 × 24.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Rehabilitation Client, Arkansas, Mother and Child, Arkansas Photograph Acc. 388.1941	October 1935	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 1/2" (16.6 × 24.1 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Rehabilitation client, Boone County, Arkansas Photograph Acc. 335.1959	October 1935	Gelatin silver print	sight 13 1/4 × 10 1/4" (33.7 × 26 cm)	Photography	Purchase
Resident of Smithland, KY Photograph Acc. 312.1938	September 1935	Gelatin silver print	8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Scene at Smithland, Kentucky Photograph Acc. 204.2002	October 1935	Gelatin silver print	6 5/16 × 9 7/16" (16.1 × 24 cm)	Photography	Purchase
Sharecropper's Children, Arkansas Photograph Acc. 219.1941	1935	Gelatin silver print	7 7/8 × 9 3/4" (20 × 24.8 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Sharecropper's Wife, Arkansas Photograph Acc. 220.1941	1935	Gelatin silver print	6 3/8 × 9 5/8" (16.2 × 24.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Sharecroppers, Arkansas Photograph Acc. 218.1941	1935	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 1/2" (16.5 × 24.1 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Sharecroppers, Arkansas Photograph Acc. SC2002.166	1935	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 1/2" (16.5 × 24.1 cm)	Photography	Transferred from the Library
Sunday, Scotts Run, West Virginia Photograph Acc. 205.2002	1935	Gelatin silver print	6 7/16 × 9 7/16" (16.3 × 24 cm)	Photography	Purchase
The Committee of 100 Drawing Acc. 13.1949	1935	Ink on paper	7 1/2 x 34 3/8" (19 x 87.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
We Demand The National Textile Act Design Acc. 899.1979	1935	Lithograph	41 x 28 1/4" (104.0 x 71.8 cm)	Architecture & Design	Anonymous gift
New York Photograph Acc. 356.2016	1936	Gelatin silver print	6 × 8 1/4" (15.2 × 21 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Years of Dust (Poster for the United States Resettlement Administration) Design Acc. 147.1947	1936	Lithograph	37 7/8 x 25" (96.2 x 63.5cm)	Architecture & Design	Gift of the designer
One of the Westmoreland Homesteaders Playing his Violin, Pennsylvania Photograph Acc. 73.1976	1937	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 1/2" (16.4 × 24.3 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Barn on Route 40, Ohio Photograph Acc. 213.1941	1938	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 5/8" (16.5 × 24.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Campaign Posters, Central Ohio, Route 40 Photograph Acc. 202.2002	Summer 1938	Gelatin silver print	6 9/16 × 9 1/2" (16.7 × 24.1 cm)	Photography	Purchase
Circleville, Ohio Photograph Acc. 234.2017	1938	Gelatin silver print	6 × 9 1/8" (15.2 × 23.2 cm)	Photography	Thomas Walther Collection. Gift of Ansel Adams, by exchange
Fourth of July Carnival and Fish Fry Ashville, Ohio Photograph Acc. 216.1941	1938	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 5/8" (16.5 × 24.4 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Sunday Morning in Linworth, Ohio Photograph Acc. 74.1976	1938	Gelatin silver print	6 3/8 × 9 1/2" (16.2 × 24.3 cm)	Photography	Gift of the artist
Women at Fourth of July Carnival and Fish Fry, Ashville, Ohio Photograph Acc. 221.1941	1938	Gelatin silver print	6 1/2 × 9 1/2" (16.5 × 24.1 cm)	Photography	Gift of the Farm Security Administration
Handball Drawing Acc. 28.1940	1939	Gouache on paper on board	22 3/4 x 31 1/4" (57.8 x 79.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Willis Avenue Bridge Drawing Acc. 227.1947	1940	Gouache on paper on board	23 x 31 3/8" (58.4 x 79.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
4 1/2 Out of Every 5 Think Print Acc. 267.1974	1941	Screenprint	composition: 13 7/8 x 10 5/8" (35.3 x 27 cm); sheet: 25 3/16 x 19 3/16" (64 x 48.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Immigrant Family Print Acc. 268.1974	1941	Screenprint	composition (irreg.): 11 1/2 x 18 1/16" (29.2 x 45.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 19 5/16 x 25 5/16" (49.1 x 64.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Vandenberg, Dewey, and Taft Print Acc. 265.1947	1941	Screenprint	composition: 15 3/16 x 22 3/16" (38.6 x 56.3 cm); sheet: 19 7/16 x 25 3/8" (49.3 x 64.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
The Handshake Print Acc. 264.1947	1942	Screenprint	composition: 15 1/16 x 22 7/16" (38.2 x 57 cm); sheet: 19 1/8 x 25 5/16" (48.5 x 64.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
We French Workers Warn You..Defeat Means Slavery, Starvation, Death Design Acc. 108.1944	1942	Lithograph	28 1/2 x 39 7/8" (72.4 x 101.3 cm)	Architecture & Design	Gift of the War Production Board
Portrait of Myself When Young Drawing Acc. 273.1948	1943	Gouache on board	20 x 27 7/8" (50.8 x 70.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Study for Girl Jumping Rope Drawing Acc. 915.1979	1943	Ink on paper	21 7/8 x 30" (55.8 x 76.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	James Thrall Soby Bequest
This is Nazi Brutality Design Acc. 107.1944	1943	Offset lithograph	40 1/8 x 28 1/4"	Architecture & Design	Gift of the Office of War Information
Welders Drawing Acc. 264.1944	1943	Gouache on board	22 x 39 3/4" (55.9 x 100.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Break Reaction's Grip, Register, Vote Design Acc. 96.1947	1944	Photolithograph	41 5/8 x 29" (105.7 x 73.8 cm)	Architecture & Design	Gift of S. S. Spivack
For Full Employment After the War, Register, Vote Design Acc. 146.1947	1944	Photolithograph	30 x 39 7/8"	Architecture & Design	Gift of the CIO Political Action Committee
Liberation Drawing Acc. 1249.1979	1945	Gouache on board	29 3/4 x 40" (75.6 x 101.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	James Thrall Soby Bequest
Pacific Landscape Drawing Acc. 1.1950	1945	Tempera on paper over composition board	25 1/4 x 39" (64.1 x 99.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Philip L. Goodwin
a) Mayor La Guardia b) Two Figures Drawing Acc. 135.1961.a-b	a) (1946) b) (c. 1946)	a) Gouache on paper b) Ink on paper	.a: 6 5/8 x 5 1/2" (17 x 13.9 cm), .b: 5 1/2 x 6 5/8" (13.9 x 17 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Iola S. Haverstick
Father and Child Drawing Acc. 157.1957	1946	Tempera on board	39 7/8 x 30" (101.5 x 76.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of James Thrall Soby
For All These Rights We've Just Begun to Fight, Register, Vote Design Acc. 97.1947	1946	Lithograph	29 x 38 1/8" (73.7 x 96.8cm)	Architecture & Design	Gift of S. S. Spivack
Man Painting Acc. 141.1958	1946	Tempera on board	22 7/8 x 16 3/8" (57.9 x 41.5 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. & Mrs. E. Powis Jones
Studies for Father and Child Drawing Acc. 158.1957.1-6	1946	Pencil or pounced pencil on transparentized paper		Drawings & Prints	Gift of James Thrall Soby
Study for Father and Child Drawing Acc. 158.1957.1	1946	Pounced pencil on transparentized paper	39 3/8 x 28 1/4" (100.2 x 72 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of James Thrall Soby
Study for Father and Child Drawing Acc. 158.1957.2	1946	Pounced pencil on cut-and-pasted transparentized paper	29 1/2 x 18 3/4" (74.9 x 47.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of James Thrall Soby
Study for Father and Child Drawing Acc. 158.1957.3	(1946)	Pencil on transparentized paper	24 3/4 x 18 3/4" (63 x 47.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of James Thrall Soby
Study for Father and Child Drawing Acc. 158.1957.4	(1946)	Pencil on transparentized paper	17 7/8 x 14" (45.5 x 35.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of James Thrall Soby
Study for Father and Child Drawing Acc. 158.1957.5	(1946)	Pencil on transparentized paper	18 x 14" (45.9 x 35.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of James Thrall Soby
Study for Father and Child Drawing Acc. 158.1957.6	(1946)	Pencil on transparentized paper	14 x 8 7/8" (35.6 x 22.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of James Thrall Soby
To Give Them A Break…Register, Vote Design Acc. 98.1947	c. 1946	Lithograph	Sheet: 39 3/4 x 29 3/4" (101 x 75.6cm)	Architecture & Design	Gift of S. S. Spivack
Warning! Inflation Means Depression, Register, Vote Design Acc. 99.1947	1946	Photolithograph	41 1/8 x 27 3/8"	Architecture & Design	Gift of S. S. Spivack
We Want Peace, Register, Vote Design Acc. 100.1947	1946	Lithograph	Sheet: 41 1/4 x 27" (104.8 x 68.6cm)	Architecture & Design	Gift of S. S. Spivack
Boy on Tricycle Print Acc. 353.1949	1947	Screenprint	composition: 14 5/8 x 8 15/16" (37.1 x 22.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Charles Alan
Laissez-faire Print Acc. 326.1950	c. 1947	Screenprint	composition: 8 3/4 x 16 7/16" (22.3 x 41.7 cm); sheet: 17 7/8 x 24 1/2" (45.4 x 62.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
The Violin Player Drawing Acc. 18.1952	1947	Tempera on board	40 x 26" (101.6 x 66 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Sam A. Lewisohn Bequest
"A Good Man is Hard to Find" Drawing Acc. 23.1951	1948	Gouache on paper	96 x 62" (243.5 x 157.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Let Your Help Match His Courage Design Acc. 73.1958	1949	Tempera on composition board	46 x 30" (116.8 x 76.2 cm)	Architecture & Design	Gift of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
Silent Music Print Acc. 31.1952	1950	Screenprint	composition: 17 1/8 x 35 3/16" (43.5 x 89.3 cm); sheet: 25 5/16 x 38 7/8" (64.3 x 98.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Where There is a Book There is No Sword Print Acc. 299.1955	1950	Screenprint	composition: 13 7/8 x 11 5/8" (35.3 x 29.6 cm); sheet: 20 15/16 x 14 1/2" (53.2 x 36.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Monroe Wheeler Drawing Acc. 33.1960	1952	Ink on paper	20 1/4 x 13 3/4" (51.3 x 34.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
Monroe Wheeler Drawing Acc. 34.1960	1952	Ink on paper	20 1/8 x 13 5/8" (51.0 x 34.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
Monroe Wheeler in Profile Drawing Acc. 496.1976	1952	Ink on paper	11 7/8 x 8 3/4" (30.2 x 22.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Glenway Wescott
Phoenix Print Acc. 383.1956	1952	Screenprint with watercolor additions	composition: 22 13/16 x 21 9/16" (57.9 x 54.7 cm); sheet: 30 7/8 x 22 3/8" (78.4 x 56.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Triple Dip Print Acc. 384.1956	1952	Screenprint with watercolor additions	composition: 29 1/8 x 21" (74 x 53.3 cm); sheet: 30 5/8 x 22 3/16" (77.8 x 56.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
TV Antennae Print Acc. 130.1963	1953	Screenprint	composition (irreg.): 16 3/16 x 36 15/16" (41.1 x 93.8 cm); sheet: 25 1/8 x 38 3/4" (63.8 x 98.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	James Thrall Soby Fund
Cover of The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.1	1954	Linen cover with black morocco gilt label from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer Drawing Acc. 33.1955	1954	Ink on paper	19 1/2 x 12 1/4" (49.5 x 31.0 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Frontispiece from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.2	1954	Ink drawing from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.5	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.6	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.7	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.8	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.9	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.10	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.11	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.12	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.13	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.14	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.15	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.16	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.17	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.18	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.19	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.20	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.21	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.22	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.23	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.24	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.25	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.26	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.27	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.28	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.29	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.30	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.31	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.32	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.33	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.34	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.35	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.36	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.37	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.38	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.39	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.40	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.41	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.42	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.43	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.44	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Page from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.4	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.1-44	1954	Illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page (each): 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Title page from The Alphabet of Creation Illustrated Book Acc. 1058.1964.3	1954	Page from an illustrated book with forty-three in-text prints and one supplementary ink drawing (frontispiece)	page: 10 5/8 × 6 11/16" (27 × 17 cm); book (overall): 11 × 7 × 9/16" (28 × 17.8 × 1.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Design for a Poster Drawing Acc. 376.1965	1955	Ink and gouache on paper on board	38 7/8 x 25 1/2" (98.7 x 64.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Henry H. Ploch
Self-Portrait Drawing Acc. 250.1956	1955	Ink on paper	9 3/4 x 6 1/8" (24.7 x 15.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Given anonymously
Cartoon for mosaic mural for William E. Grady Vocational High School, Brooklyn, New York Drawing Acc. 674.1959	(1956)	Tempera on paper	7' 8 1/2" x 49' 2 1/4" (2.34 x 15 m.)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
In-text plate from Thirteen Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 1059.1964.3	1956	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs	page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from Thirteen Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 1059.1964.5	1956	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs	page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from Thirteen Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 1059.1964.8	1956	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs	page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from Thirteen Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 1059.1964.11	1956	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs	page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from Thirteen Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 1059.1964.12	1956	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs	page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from Thirteen Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 1059.1964.13	1956	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs	page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from Thirteen Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 1059.1964.14	1956	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs	page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
In-text plate from Thirteen Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 1059.1964.16	1956	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs	page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Mine Building Print Acc. 288.1967	1956	Screenprint with hand additions	composition (irreg.): 17 3/8 x 28 9/16" (44.2 x 72.5 cm); sheet: 21 1/8 x 30 7/8" (53.7 x 78.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Junior Council Fund
Plate from Thirteen Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 1059.1964.2	1956	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs	page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate from Thirteen Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 1059.1964.4	1956	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs	page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate from Thirteen Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 1059.1964.6	1956	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs	page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate from Thirteen Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 1059.1964.7	1956	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs	page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate from Thirteen Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 1059.1964.9	1956	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs	page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Plate from Thirteen Poems Illustrated Book Acc. 1059.1964.10	1956	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with one wood engraving and fifteen offset lithographs	page (each): 13 × 9 1/4" (33 × 23.5 cm); book (overall): 13 7/16 × 9 15/16 × 1/2" (34.2 × 25.2 × 1.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection

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MoMA's catalogue lists 241 works attributed to Ben Shahn.

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