May 23, 2002 - Sale 1937

Sale 1937 - Lot 299

Price Realized: $ 1,725
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
BEN SHAHN
Man Walking with a Crutch<>.

Watercolor, circa 1934-35. 318x241 mm; 12½x9½ inches. With a study of two priests in watercolor, verso. Ex-collection the artist and Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, with the label on the frame back. In good condition.

The current work, though larger in scale, in similar in style to Shahn's studies for the proposed Riker's Island mural (see lots ).