ECCLESIASTES.
Ben Shahn
Artist's BiographyEcclesiastes.
Serigraph in black with sepia calligraphy, 1966.
Image size 20 3/8 x 16" (51.8 x 41.8 cm).
Good to fair condition. Smudging along paper edges. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 16180
Price: $800.00 Publisher : "Three human and three beast heads merge in this print into one complex image representing the three ages of man. The quotation, printed in Hebrew calligraphy, is from Ecclesiastes 11:9: 'Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; : and let thy heart cheer thee in the days : of thy youth, : and walk in the ways of thine heart, : and in the sight of thine eyes: : but know thou, that for all these things : God will bring thee into judgement. " - PrescottSigned in black conte crayon upper left below red-orange chop. 20th Century Subjects , Religious , Judaic
