Study for Cat's Cradle

Ben Shahn (American (born in Lithuania), 1898–1969)

1959

Medium/TechniqueGraphite on paper, pricked and pouned for transfer, mounted

DimensionsSheet (overall for both mounted sheets): 83.5 x 95 cm (32 7/8 x 37 3/8 in.)
Framed: 107.2 x 122.5 x 3.8 cm (42 3/16 x 48 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)

Credit LineGift of Edward and Elinor Giobbi

Accession number2008.1663

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ClassificationsDrawings

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ProvenanceThe artist; to Bernarda Bryson Shahn, the artist's wife, (Roosevelt, NJ); to The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Mrs. Carroll (New York); to Edward and Elinor Giobbi (Katonah, NY); by whom given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: January 21, 2009)