“You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.” – John, Viscount Morley On Compromise, 1874. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Ben Shahn, "You have not converted a man because you have silenced him."--John, Viscount Morley On Compromise, 1874. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., ca. 1955-1959, screenprint and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.265
Ben Shahn, "You have not converted a man because you have silenced him."--John, Viscount Morley On Compromise, 1874. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., ca. 1955-1959, screenprint and ink on paper, sheet: 40 x 26 1⁄8 in. (101.5 x 66.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.265

Artwork Details

Title
“You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.” – John, Viscount Morley On Compromise, 1874. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Artist
Date
ca. 1955-1959
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 40 x 26 1⁄8 in. (101.5 x 66.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums
Mediums Description
screenprint and ink on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure male — bust
Object Number
1984.124.265
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.265

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
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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, 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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