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Sweet was the Song by Ben Shahn
Sweet was the Song by Ben Shahn
Sweet was the Song by Ben Shahn
Sweet was the Song by Ben Shahn
Sweet was the Song by Ben Shahn  Image: Copy of the original 1956 edition.
  • Ben Shahn
  • Sweet was the Song
  • 3.3 x 5.5 in (8.38 x 13.97 cm)
  • Inv: ND3410 .S53 1965
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Sweet was the song / illuminated and text drawn by Ben Shahn. New York : The Odyssey Press, 1965, c1956.
36 p : col. ill. chiefly ; 10 x 14 cm
GTU Rare Size 1 ND3410 .S53 1965

Lithuanian-born American artist Ben Shahn (1898 - 1969) originally had 275 copies printed and signed for Museum of Modern art in 1956 as "Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sung." The printing was in black and white and sold for 35 cents by MOMA in 1962. (https://www.moma.org/momaorg/shared/pdfs/docs/press_archives/3192/releases/MOMA_1963_0104_99.pdf)

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