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Study for Cat's Cradle
Ben Shahn (American (born in Lithuania), 1898–1969)
1959
Medium/Technique
Graphite on paper, pricked and pouned for transfer, mounted
Dimensions
Sheet (overall for both mounted sheets): 83.5 x 95 cm (32 7/8 x 37 3/8 in.)
Framed: 107.2 x 122.5 x 3.8 cm (42 3/16 x 48 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Framed: 107.2 x 122.5 x 3.8 cm (42 3/16 x 48 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Edward and Elinor Giobbi
Accession Number2008.1663
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceThe artist; to Bernarda Bryson Shahn, the artist's wife, (Roosevelt, NJ); to The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Mrs. Carroll (New York); to Edward and Elinor Giobbi (Katonah, NY); by whom given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: January 21, 2009)
Copyright© Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY.