Jan 13, 2005 - Sale 2029

Sale 2029 - Lot 331

Price Realized: $ 1,265
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
BEN SHAHN
Three figurative brush and ink drawings.

Was it for this the day grew tall?. Signed and titled in ink, lower center. Inscribed "Futility" and numbered 73 by another hand in pencil, upper left. Ex-collection the artist, with the label on the frame back * Reclining Figure. Signed in ink, lower right. Ex-collection the artist, with the ink stamp on the frame back * Found peace where shell-storms spouted reddest spate, with wash on cream wove paper, circa 1965. Signed in ink, lower right, titled in ink, upper center, and inscribed "apologia Pro Poemate meo" in pencil, lower right. Various sizes and conditions.