Mine Disaster by Ben Shahn
Art Institute of Chicago

Mine Disaster

Ben Shahn · 1948

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Downtown Gallery, New York, 1948; Gifted to Art Institute from Society of Contemporary Art, 1948.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • San Francisco, California Palace of Legion of Honor, Jan. 1949.
  • Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Painting in the United States, Oct. 13–Dec. 11, 1949, no. 177.
  • Indianapolis, John Herron Art Museum, 62nd Annual Exhibition, Contemporary American Paintings, Jan. 1–Feb. 1, 1950, no. 23.
  • IN, Fort Wayne Art Museum, Exhibition of Contemporary Art: Commemorating the Opening of the Fort Wayne Art Museum, Sept. 24–Oct. 31, 1950, cat. 26.
  • Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Exhibition in Honor of Ben Shahn, Nov. 8–Dec. 6, 1953.
  • Iowa Memorial Union, State University of Iowa School of Fine Arts, Fifteenth Annual Fine Arts Festival: Paintings by American Masters, June 17–July 31, 1953, no. 27.
  • IL, Durand Art Institute, Lake Forest College, <em>A Century of American Painting: Masterpieces Loaned by The Art Institute of Chicago</em>, June 10–16, 1957, no. 35.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4071/two-centuries-of-american-art-1750-1950"><em>Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950</em></a>, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available].
  • Albion, Albion College, The Eye Looks Outward and Inward, Mar. 14–Apr. 4, 1965.
  • New York, Jewish Museum, Ben Shahn Retrospective, Oct–Dec, 1976.

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