(KING MARTIN LUTHER) Shahn Ben Portrait of Dr King

Sale 2503 - Lot 291

Price Realized: $ 531

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

(KING, MARTIN LUTHER.) Shahn, Ben. Portrait of Dr. King. Wood engraving, 25 x 20 inches, full margins; signed by Shahn in brown ink, and signed and numbered 234/300 by the engraver Stefan Martin in pencil, lower margin. [New York: International Graphic Arts Society, 1966]

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The popular Lithuanian-American left-wing artist Ben Shahn (1898-1969) had originally drawn a portrait of King for the cover of the 19 March 1965 issue of Time Magazine. This limited-edition engraving was done the following year. Prescott 72.