Ben Shahn

Cherubs and Children

1944

Several children sleeping on the grass beside a stone balustrade with a red bridge backdrop.
Several children sleeping on the grass beside a stone balustrade with a red bridge backdrop.
Recto

Not on view

Date
1944

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Tempera on paper mounted on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 9/16 × 23 5/16 in. (39.5 × 59.2 cm)

Accession number
45.17

Credit line
Purchase

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

API
artworks/1470

Ben Shahn
13 works in the collection, 52 exhibitions

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