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View with a web of television wires and antennae atop a building and set against a cloudy sky of blue, pink, and white.
Television #2
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Television #2

Artist Ben Shahn (American, born Lithuania, 1898 - 1969)
Date1949
MediumTempera and ink on paper
Dimensions19 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. (49.5 x 40 cm)
framed: 29 3/4 x 25 13/16 in. (75.6 x 65.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by the Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson Acquisition Fund
Object number1997.20
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Visual DescriptionView with a web of television wires and antennae atop a building and set against a cloudy sky of blue, pink, and white.
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