21st Nov, 2024 9:30
Fine Pictures, Prints & Sculptures
Ben Shahn (Lithuanian 1898-1969)
Frederick Douglass (1965)
signed and dedicated in pencil 'for Bertrand Russell - Ben Shahn' (lower centre), additionally signed in pen by Bertrand Russell (lower left), lithograph, image 57 x 44 cm, framed and glazed, 71.5 x 58 cm
Provenance
Donated to the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation by the artist.
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist and writer. Shahn gave permission to the Museum of African Art in Washington to reproduce and sell a portfolio of his portraits of Douglass to benefit the museum's Frederick Douglass Institution of Negro Arts and History. In January 1966, Russell wrote to Shahn thanking him for his generous donation, adding 'my only regret is that they will be sold in support of our work, for I admire them very much.'
Sold for £380
signed and dedicated in pencil 'for Bertrand Russell - Ben Shahn' (lower centre), additionally signed in pen by Bertrand Russell (lower left), lithograph, image 57 x 44 cm, framed and glazed, 71.5 x 58 cm
Provenance
Donated to the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation by the artist.
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist and writer. Shahn gave permission to the Museum of African Art in Washington to reproduce and sell a portfolio of his portraits of Douglass to benefit the museum's Frederick Douglass Institution of Negro Arts and History. In January 1966, Russell wrote to Shahn thanking him for his generous donation, adding 'my only regret is that they will be sold in support of our work, for I admire them very much.'
