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Fan account of Ben Shahn, American artist best known for his paintings, drawings, and photographs. 1898-1969 Automated thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (Omar, Scotts Run, West Virginia) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301703

10.12.2025 17:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (levee workers, Plaquemines, Louisiana) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301568

10.12.2025 17:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (auction, New Carlisle, Ohio) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/300745

10.12.2025 12:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (Post Office, United, Pennsylvania) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301208

10.12.2025 09:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Saturday Afternoon in London, Ohio, the "Main Street" https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/156429

09.12.2025 18:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

A destitute family, Ozark Mountains area https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/156040

09.12.2025 16:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (abandoned mine, Dobra, West Virginia) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/302714

09.12.2025 13:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled ("Hooverville," Circleville, Ohio) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303687

09.12.2025 12:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (county fair, central Ohio) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303922

09.12.2025 08:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (Greenbelt, Maryland) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301804

08.12.2025 19:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Museum Acquisition © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Museum Acquisition © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (Sam Nichols, Tenant Farmer, Boone County, Arkansas) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303507

08.12.2025 16:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (Barong Dance, Bali) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/302014

08.12.2025 13:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (Circleville, Ohio) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/300044

08.12.2025 09:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (Pointe á la Hache, Louisiana) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301218

07.12.2025 18:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301090

07.12.2025 17:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (sugar cane worker, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301272

07.12.2025 14:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn

Untitled (Denpasar Museum, Bali) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/280653

07.12.2025 11:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn

Untitled (Apsaras reliefs, Angkor Wat, Cambodia) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/273595

07.12.2025 09:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Scene at Clay, West Virginia https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/156138

06.12.2025 19:16 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn

Untitled (Barong Dance, Bali) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/281007

06.12.2025 16:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (sharecropper family, Little Rock, Arkansas) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/302399

06.12.2025 14:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (levee workers, Plaquemines, Louisiana) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301431

06.12.2025 10:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (Jizo [bodhisattva of compassion], Kyoto, Japan) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303250

06.12.2025 09:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (Mulhall family, sharecroppers, Ozarks, Arkansas) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301094

05.12.2025 18:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn

Untitled (Hong Kong) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/273832

05.12.2025 16:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (San Gennaro Festival, Greenwich Village, New York City) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303028

05.12.2025 13:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (Branchville, Maryland) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301857

05.12.2025 10:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (wheat harvest, central Ohio) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301907

05.12.2025 09:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Untitled (Jersey Homesteads, New Jersey) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303279

04.12.2025 19:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn

Untitled (Hong Kong or Japan) https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/273415

04.12.2025 16:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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