Lot Essay
This work was executed in 1961.
The Physicist ("Lucky Dragon" series)
Details
Ben Shahn (1898-1969)
The Physicist ("Lucky Dragon" series)
signed 'Ben Shahn' lower left
tempera on canvas laid down on panel
52 x 31in. (132.2 x 78.8cm.)
The Physicist ("Lucky Dragon" series)
signed 'Ben Shahn' lower left
tempera on canvas laid down on panel
52 x 31in. (132.2 x 78.8cm.)
Provenance
The Downtown Gallery, New York
Literature
J.T. Soby, Ben Shahn Paintings, New York, 1963, no. 88, illus.
Exhibited
Seattle, Washington, Seattle World's Fair, Fine Arts Pavilion, April-October 1962, no. 63