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Shahn, Ben
born 1898 in USSR - Kaunas, died 1969 in New York
poster of the exhibition Musée National D´Art Moderne Paris
title: Le dessin contemporain aux États-Unis
1954
colour offset-lithograph
64 cm x 44 cm
print: Les Presses Artistiques Paris
tax mark lower right, heavy traces of use on the back, the front in good condition
order no. 22430
Concerning the motif:
"Having been to Paterson, New Jersey, Shahn was fascinated by the dyeing patterns in the windows." (Kneeland Mc Nulty 1967, p.86)
Concerning that exhibition:
"La présente exposition ... vient compléter, au Musée d'Art Moderne, la connaissance que le public parisien a commencé de se former de la jeune école américaine, neuve, vivace, pétulante, et ne manquant ni d'inquiétude sprituelle, ni d'humour. (Jean Cassou, in: Le dessin contemporain aux Etats-Units, exhibition-cat. Musée National D´Art Moderne Paris, 1954)
Yes, and the exhibition poster by Ben Shahn is a proof for the humor of the American artists !
Lit.:
Le dessin contemporain aux Etats-Units, exhibition-cat. Musée National D´Art Moderne Paris, October-November 1954, with a preface by Jean Cassou and an introduction by Carl O. Schniewind
Compare: The Collected Prints of Ben Shahn. The Catalogue by Kneeland Mc Nulty, Philadelphia Museum of Art 1967, no. 43, p. 86 f.
See also our catalogue 'From Arp to Pollock': Art and exhibition posters in France and Germany 1945-1960, Cologne 2016
