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Maker(s):Baskin, Leonard; Shahn, Ben
Culture:American (1898-1969); American (1922-2000)
Title:Beatitude
Date Made:1955
Type:Print
Materials:Wood engraving in black on thin cream Japan? paper with watercolor tintings by Ben Shahn
Measurements:mat: 17 15/16 in x 22 in; 45.56125 cm x 55.88 cm; sheet: 17 in x 22 in; 43.18 cm x 55.88 cm; image: 10 1/8 in x 15 1/8 in; 25.7175 cm x 38.4175 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Recto: lwr. ctr. (graphite): color trial by Shahn; lwr. r. (graphite): Baskin 1955; lwr. r. (graphite): For Louis Black. Verso of mat: upr. r. & lwr. r. (graphite): 90.
Accession Number:  MH 1991.4.166
Credit Line:Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
This print depicts a man standing in the middle of a field of wheat, picking some of the stalks; some of the wheat stalks are tinted with different colors of watercolor.

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