Ben Shahn (1898-1969)
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Ben Shahn (1898-1969)

Scabbies are Welcome

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Ben Shahn (1898-1969)
Scabbies are Welcome
signed 'Ben Shahn' (lower right)
tempera on paper laid down on panel
22 x 30 in. (55.9 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1937.
Provenance
Downtown Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the donor.
Exhibited
Chicago, Illinois, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Contemporary Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Ludgin, 1946.
Chicago, Illinois, The Arts Club of Chicago, Exhibition: Ben Shahn, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, 1951.
Chicago, Illinois, The Renaissance Socitey at the University of Chicago, Ben Shahn, 1954.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Contemporary Arts Center, An American Viewpoint: Realism in Twentieth Century American Paintings, 1957.
Trenton, New Jersey, New Jersey State Museum, Ben Shahn: A Retrospective Exhibition, 1969.
New York, Jewish Museum, Ben Shahn: A Retrospective 1898-1969, no. 25, 1976-77.
Chicago, Illinois, Museum of Contemporary Art, Permanent Collection: The Mary and Earle Ludgin Collection, 1983.
Kalamazoo, Michigan, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, A Century of Caring, 1986.
Youngstown, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art, Visions of America: Urban Realism 1900-1945, 1996.
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