May 23, 2002 - Sale 1937

Sale 1937 - Lot 318

Price Realized: $ 2,300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
BEN SHAHN
Miner Seated on Grass<>.

Watercolor and brush and ink on cream wove paper, 1938. 305x229 mm; 12x9 inches. Ex-collection the artist and Kennnedy Galleries, New York, with the labels on the frame back.

From 1935 to 1938, Shahn worked for the Farm Security Administration as a photographer, designer and artist. His sketches from the period record the everyday life of working men and women.