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[Pleiades] / Ben Shahn. – Antique Wall Art

[Pleiades] / Ben Shahn., [1959 or 1960] — historic print
[Pleiades] / Ben Shahn., [1959 or 1960]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Pleiades] / Ben Shahn., preserved in this historic print. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Pleiades] / Ben Shahn.

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Shahn's serigraph takes its title from the Pleiades, the star cluster named in the Book of Job: "Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades?" (Job 38:31). The Hebrew text of Job 38:31-38 accompanies the image, so the scripture and the stars are presented together. Shahn, a Lithuanian-born painter and printmaker known for socially engaged work, made this piece around 1959 or 1960, when screen printing was gaining recognition as a fine-art medium. The edition of 75 is signed by hand in red paint.

Created / published[1959 or 1960]
Medium1 print : serigraph ; 46 x 62.5 cm.
GenreScreen prints Color 1950-1960.
NotesEdition of 75. Signed in red paint. Hebrew inscription of Job 38:31-38. DLC Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hopkins Press, 1970, p. 442. Purchase; Pennell fund. Exhibited: The sweet uses of adversity, images of the Biblical Job, 2002.
SubjectsPleiades. Constellations--1950-1960. Hebrew language--1950-1960.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,691 × 3,777 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-223511

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