Many Men, from the Rilke Portfolio, ​“For the Sake of a Single Verse”

Ben Shahn, Many Men, from the Rilke Portfolio, "For the Sake of a Single Verse", 1968, color lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Frank McClure, 1979.98.201A-B
Ben Shahn, Many Men, from the Rilke Portfolio, "For the Sake of a Single Verse", 1968, color lithograph on paper, image (part A): 19 x 15 1⁄2 in. (48.3 x 39.4 cm) sheet (part A): 22 1⁄2 x 17 3⁄4 in. (57.2 x 45.1 cm) sheet (part B): 22 1⁄2 x 35 1⁄2 in. (57.2 x 90.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Frank McClure, 1979.98.201A-B

Artwork Details

Title
Many Men, from the Rilke Portfolio, ​“For the Sake of a Single Verse”
Artist
Printer
Atelier Mourlot
Date
1968
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image (part A): 19 x 15 1⁄2 in. (48.3 x 39.4 cm) sheet (part A): 22 1⁄2 x 17 3⁄4 in. (57.2 x 45.1 cm) sheet (part B): 22 1⁄2 x 35 1⁄2 in. (57.2 x 90.2 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Frank McClure
Mediums Description
color lithograph on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group — male
Object Number
1979.98.201A-B
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1979.98.201A-B

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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
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Ben Shahn, Maximus of Tyre, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fendrick, 1979.132.2
Maximus of Tyre
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Ben Shahn, Frederick Douglass, n.d., screenprint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Frederick Douglass Institute of Negro Arts and History, 1967.97.2
Frederick Douglass
Artist
Daten.d.
screenprint
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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
Frederick Douglass
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Daten.d.
screenprint
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