Nationality
American
Artist Dates
1898-1969
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
Artist Bio
Ben Shahn (1898-1969) was born in Lithuania and, with his family, immigrated to the United States in 1906. He 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 Andrew Goodman 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.
Additional Information
Included in 'Art Across the Ages: A Selection of Treasured Works'
Condition
Excellent.
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”