Details

Title

Tennis Umbrella

Dated

1951

Artist

Ben Shahn

Nationality

American (born Lithuania)

Artist Life

American (born Lithuania), 1898 - 1969

Role

Artist

Gallery

Not on View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Dimension

19 1/8 x 14 3/4 in. (48.6 x 37.5 cm) (irregular)15 11/16 x 11 9/16 in. (39.85 x 29.37 cm) (sight)

Credit

Gift of John and Myrtle Coe

Accession Number

98.269.15

Medium

Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper

Country

United States

Century

20th century

Provenance

[The Downtown Gallery, New York; sold May 1951, for $150, to Kaydon]; Herbert J. Kaydon, Dobbs Ferry, New York, from 1951. [The Downtown Gallery, New York, (Inv. no. 182), sold Nov. 17, 1964 to Hillstrom]; Richard Lewis Hillstrom, St. Paul, Minn. (Inv. no. RLH 201); sold privately to Coe; John I. Coe, Bloomington, Minn. until 1998; given to MIA, 1998.

Rights

© Estate Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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Classification

Drawings; Works on Paper

Object Name

Drawing

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