Sometimes It Is the Mayor or Chief of Police

1943-1967

Ben Shahn

Artist, American, 1898 - 1969

Artwork overview

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Olga Hirshhorn, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1992

  • Art of Our Time: Works on Paper from the Olga Hirshhorn Collection, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1992-1996

Inscriptions

lower left in red pencil: Sometimes it is the mayor or chief of police.; lower center in graphite by unknown hand: [arrow] 1 5/8 [arrow] 68 [circled] / lui; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: 1 5/8 x 7/16; lower right corner in black ink by unknown hand: NR 14; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: paid for [underlined]; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 4149 / 6cc

Markings

stamped upper right verso in black ink by unknown hand: New Republic / 40 East 49th Street / New York 17, N.Y.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q77010422


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