Jan 13, 2005 - Sale 2029

Sale 2029 - Lot 326

Price Realized: $ 1,955
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
BEN SHAHN
Two profile studies of a dead boy (for the Hightstown Mural Project).

Brush and ink and wash on smooth cream wove paper, circa 1937. 267x305 mm; 101/2x12 inches. Signed in ink, lower right, Ex-collection the artist, Kennedy Galleries, New York, and Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, with the labels on the frame back * Pen and ink and wash on white wove paper, circa 1937. 572x452 mm; 221/2x171/2 inches. Ex-collection the artist, with the label on the frame.