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Shahn, Ben,
Portrait male -- Sacco, Nicola
Portrait female -- Sacco, Nicola, Mrs., (Rosina)
Portrait male -- Vanzetti, Bartolomeo
Occupation -- Crime
Architecture interior -- Civic
History -- United States
Dress -- Accessory
Painting
Sacco and Vanzetti: In the Courtroom Cage, (painting).
Artist:
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969, painter.
Title:
Sacco and Vanzetti: In the Courtroom Cage, (painting).
Dates:
1931-1932.
Medium:
Watercolor and gouache on paper.
Dimensions:
21.5 x 25.7 cm.
Inscription:
(Lower center:) Ben Shahn signed
Description:
Scene depicting Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti looking at one another in the courtroom during their murder trial. Standing beside them is Rosina Sacco wearing a blue jacket. In the foreground there is a back hat.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Sacco, Nicola -- Head
Portrait female -- Sacco, Nicola, Mrs., (Rosina) -- Waist length
Portrait male -- Vanzetti, Bartolomeo -- Head
Occupation -- Crime -- Murderer
Architecture interior -- Civic -- Courthouse
History -- United States -- Sacco and Vanzetti
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Princeton University, Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 Accession Number: x1965-69
References:
"American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum," Volume I: Drawing and Watercolors, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2004, pg. 242.
Illustration:
"American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum," Volume I: Drawing and Watercolors, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2004, pg. 243.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 32040517
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