Wednesday 29 November 2023
Ben Shahn, American 1898–1969 - My True Love Hath My Heart; gouache, ink and gouache on paper,...
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Ben Shahn,
American 1898–1969 -
My True Love Hath My Heart;
gouache, ink and gouache on paper, signed lower right 'Ben Shahn', 18.8 x 31.6 cm
Provenance:
with Kennedy Galleries, New York, stock no.BSZ# 877 (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame);
Dr John & Mary Esther O'Driscoll, Kildare, Ireland;
thence by descent to the present owners
Note:
the reverse is inscribed with the words of the Sonnet 'My True Love Hath My Heart' by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), one of the most prominent and beloved figures in the Elizabethan court. Ben Shahn illustrated and provided calligraphy for 'Love Sonnets. Selected and with notes' edited by Louis Untermeyer in 1964, a selection of love sonnets written by seventeen poets between 1265 and 1964, also including pieces by William Shakespeare, John Keats and Christina Rossetti.
Kennedy Galleries held exhibitions of the artist's work in 1968 and 1969.
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