Nationality
American
Artist Dates
1898-1969
Title of Work
Preview
Date of Work
1965
Medium
Photo-silkscreen
Edition #
240/300
Signature
Lower left
Height
27 3/4"
Width
24"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Displayed
Location
Gorecki Alumni Center
Additional Information
Ben Shahn (1898-1969) was renowned from the 1930s onward for his representational paintings that focused attention on what he viewed as social wrongs, such as the plight of coal miners, the underprivileged in the cities, victims of political injustice, etc. The portrait of James Chaney is from a set of 3 prints at UND related to the villainous and well-known murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi, committed in 1964 by the Ku Klux Klan.
Included in 'Art Across the Ages: A Selection of Treasured Works'
Condition
Excellent.
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