Common man, mythic vision : the paintings of Ben Shahn / Susan Chevlowe ; with contributions by Diana L. Linden [and others].

Main entry:

Chevlowe, Susan.

Title & Author:

Common man, mythic vision : the paintings of Ben Shahn / Susan Chevlowe ; with contributions by Diana L. Linden [and others].

Publication:

Description:

xvi, 194 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Jewish Museum, New York, Nov. 8, 1998-Mar. 7, 1999, the Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, Mar. 28-June 27, 1999, and the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan, July 25-Oct. 31, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-192) and index.
A Bull in a China Shop: An Introduction to Ben Shahn / Susan Chevlowe -- Ben Shahn's New Deal Murals: Jewish Identity in the American Scene / Diana L. Linden -- Ben Shahn and Postwar American Art: Shared Visions / Stephen Polcari -- Allegory in the Work of Ben Shahn / Frances K. Pohl -- Catalogue of the Exhibition -- Chronology / Howard Greenfeld.

Summary:

Ben Shahn (1898-1969) has long been renowned for his Social Realist paintings of Depression-era America. Equally striking, however, are Shahn's extraordinary later works, which reveal a more introspective style as well as the evolution of a new allegorical and mythical pictorial language. This book combines beautiful reproductions of Shahn's art with essays by leading experts on his life and career to present a survey of his powerful and engaging mature style. The volume is published in conjunction with a major traveling exhibition organized by The Jewish Museum, New York, to commemorate the centenary of Shahn's birth.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0691004064 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780691004068 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0691004072 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780691004075 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969 Exhibitions.
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
Schilderijen.
Muurschilderingen.
Jewish painters United States 20th century Exhibitions.
Painters United States 20th century Exhibitions.

Form/genre:

Exhibition
Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
Quotations (texts)
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Linden, Diana L.
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969.
Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)
Allentown Art Museum.
Detroit Institute of Arts.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 210952
Call No.: ND37.S537 C4 1998
Status: Available

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