Sep 14, 2004 - Sale 2012

Sale 2012 - Lot 648

Price Realized: $ 5,980
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
BEN SHAHN
Study for Laissez-Faire (Strike Break).

Tempera and watercolor on cream wove paper, circa 1947. 305x451 mm; 11x171/4 inches. Ex-collection the artist and Kennedy Galleries, New York, with the labels on the frame back.

A maquette for the same-titled color screenprint, which dates from circa 1947 (Prescott 8).