Frederick Douglass

Ben Shahn, Frederick Douglass, n.d., screenprint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Frederick Douglass Institute of Negro Arts and History, 1967.97.1
Ben Shahn, Frederick Douglass, n.d., screenprint, 12 1⁄4 x 9 1⁄2 in. (31.1 x 24.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Frederick Douglass Institute of Negro Arts and History, 1967.97.1

Artwork Details

Title
Frederick Douglass
Artist
Date
n.d.
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
12 1⁄4 x 9 1⁄2 in. (31.1 x 24.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Frederick Douglass Institute of Negro Arts and History
Mediums Description
screenprint
Classifications
Subjects
  • Occupation — other — reformer
  • Object — written matter
  • African American
  • Portrait male — Douglass, Frederick — bust
  • State of being — other — enslaved
Object Number
1967.97.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1967.97.1

Works by this artist (34 items)

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Ben Shahn, But One Must Also Have Been beside the Dying, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Gloria and Leon Moskowitz, 1979.128
But One Must Also Have Been beside the Dying
Artist
Not on view
Ben Shahn, Maximus of Tyre, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fendrick, 1979.132.2
Maximus of Tyre
Artist
Not on view
Ben Shahn, Troubled Young Man, n.d., brush and ink with wash on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Estate of the Honorable Jack Faxon, 2021.39.7
Troubled Young Man
Artist
Daten.d.
brush and ink with wash on paper
Not on view
Ben Shahn, Owl No. 1, n.d., lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Atelier Mourlot Ltd., 1969.2.45
Owl No. 1
Artist
Daten.d.
lithograph
Not on view

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