Lot Essay
This work was executed in 1965.
Portrait of Jean-Paul Sartre
Details
Ben Shahn (1898-1969)
Portrait of Jean-Paul Sartre
signed 'Ben Shahn' lower right
watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on board
26½ x 20¼in. (67.3 x 51.4cm.)
Portrait of Jean-Paul Sartre
signed 'Ben Shahn' lower right
watercolor and gouache on paper laid down on board
26½ x 20¼in. (67.3 x 51.4cm.)
Provenance
Estate of the Artist
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York
Exhibited
New York, Kennedy Galleries, Inc., Ben Shahn, November 1969, no. 45, illus.
Kurume-City, Japan, Ishibashi Art Museum, The Exhibition of Ben Shahn, April-May 1970, no. 73, illus. (This exhibition also traveled to Tokyo, Japan, National Art Museum, May-July 1970; Sapporo, Japan, Imai Department Store, July 1970; Osaka, Japan, City Museum of Osaka, August 1970)
New York, The Jewish Museum, Ben Shahn: A Retrospective, October 1976-January 1977, no. 92, illus. (This exhibition also traveled to Athens, Georgia, The University of Georgia, Georgia Museum of Art, January-March 1977; Chicago, Illinois, The Maurice Spertus Museum of Judaica, April-May 1977; Austin, Texas, The University of Texas, University Art Museum, June-August 1977; Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, September-October 1977; Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum, November 1977-January 1978)
Kurume-City, Japan, Ishibashi Art Museum, The Exhibition of Ben Shahn, April-May 1970, no. 73, illus. (This exhibition also traveled to Tokyo, Japan, National Art Museum, May-July 1970; Sapporo, Japan, Imai Department Store, July 1970; Osaka, Japan, City Museum of Osaka, August 1970)
New York, The Jewish Museum, Ben Shahn: A Retrospective, October 1976-January 1977, no. 92, illus. (This exhibition also traveled to Athens, Georgia, The University of Georgia, Georgia Museum of Art, January-March 1977; Chicago, Illinois, The Maurice Spertus Museum of Judaica, April-May 1977; Austin, Texas, The University of Texas, University Art Museum, June-August 1977; Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, September-October 1977; Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum, November 1977-January 1978)