May 23, 2002 - Sale 1937

Sale 1937 - Lot 377

Price Realized: $ 1,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
STUDY FOR THE PRINT BEN SHAHN
Skating Rink<>.

Brush and ink, circa 1956. 110x205 mm; 4½x8 inches. Ex-collection the artist, with the ink stamp, verso.

Prescott describes this ink drawing of roller skaters from 1956 that precedes the screenprint of 1966 Andante<> commissioned by Olivetti. In the print, Shahn increased the number of feet (see Prescott p. 66).