Ben Shahn

Conversations

1958

A painting depicting two stylized male figures facing each other, with exaggerated facial features and abstract patterns on their clothing. The figure on the left has a red ear and a colorful tattoo-like design on his sleeve, while the figure on the right wears a hat with a baseball motif. The background is a wash of blue and beige, and the artwork is signed at the bottom right.
A painting depicting two stylized male figures facing each other, with exaggerated facial features and abstract patterns on their clothing. The figure on the left has a red ear and a colorful tattoo-like design on his sleeve, while the figure on the right wears a hat with a baseball motif. The background is a wash of blue and beige, and the artwork is signed at the bottom right.

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Date
1958

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Opaque watercolor and brush and ink on paper mounted on board

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 38 3/4 × 25 1/2in. (98.4 × 64.8 cm) Mount (board): 39 1/2 × 28 × 1/8in. (100.3 × 71.1 × 0.3 cm)

Accession number
58.21

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Ben Shahn
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