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  • Portrait male -- Sacco, Nicola
     
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  • Portrait female -- Sacco, Nicola, Mrs., (Rosina)
     
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  • Portrait male -- Vanzetti, Bartolomeo
     
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  • Occupation -- Crime
     
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  • Architecture interior -- Civic
     
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  • History -- United States
     
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  • Dress -- Accessory
     
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  • 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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