ARTIST: Ben Shahn
MEDIUM: Lithograph,
DATE: 1968.
EDITION SIZE: Edition 250. Image size 23 7/8 x 12 3/4" (60.8 x 32.4 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Ben Shahn (1898-1969) created this 1968 lithograph entitled “OWL No. 1” for a channel 13 fundraising event. The edition of 250 was printed at the Atelier Mourlot Ltd. of New York. The paper size is 26.75 x 20.25 inches. Signed in Conté Crayon under the artist’s orange-red chop. Item number 16170 at the Old Print Shop website. <br><br> “With a minimum use of lines, Shahn captured in this print the principal characteristics of a horned owl: the widely opened eyes, the hooked beak, the powerful yet softly rounded body. When examined, the squiggles filling in the plumage turn into ‘Channel 13.’”
ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed in pencil lower left. Red-orange chop center left.
CONDITION: Very good condition.
REFERENCE: #83 in "The Complete Graphic Works of Ben Shahn" by Kenneth Wade Prescott.
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