Michael Schwerner (Human Relations Portfolio)
Artist
Ben Shahn
(American, Lithuanian-born, 1898 - 1969)
Sitter
Michael Schwerner
(American, 1939 - 1964)
Date1965
PeriodCivil Rights Period
Place MadeUSA, North America
MediumScreenprint on paper
DimensionsFramed: 55.8 x 42.5 cm (21 15/16 x 16 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Michael Berg, 2014
Object number2018.2.4
On View
On viewCollections
SignedBen Shahn (bottom left).
DescriptionPhoto screen print in black and umber on Japon paper depiction a male named 'Michael Schwerner'. With the name in brown text above the face. Below the man has Ben Shahn the artist signature twice--one in black and other in red.