The Room. Set design for the 1927 play "him" by e. e. cummings

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The Room. Set design for the 1927 play "him" by e. e. cummings

Ben Shahn

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Artist: Ben Shahn
Date: 1961
Movement: social realism
Medium: Gouache, ink, and cut-and-pasted metallic paper on paper
Dimensions: 20 1/8 x 26 1/4" (51.1 x 66.5 cm)

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Ben Shahn, The Room. Set design for the 1927 play "him" by e. e. cummings, 1961, Gouache, ink, and cut-and-pasted metallic paper on paper, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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The Room. Set design for the 1927 play "him" by e. e. cummings

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