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Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Administrative Information
Description of Series
I. Ben Shahn
II. Kenneth W. Prescott
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Kenneth W. and Emma-Stina
Prescott:
A Preliminary Inventory of Their Collection of
Ben Shahn at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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| Creator: | Prescott, Kenneth W. and
Emma-Stina |
| Title: | Kenneth W.
Prescott and Emma-Stina Prescott Collection of Ben Shahn
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| Dates: | 1944-1998 |
| Abstract: | Books, serials, and
exhibitition catalogs, as well as art historian and scholar Kenneth Prescott's
resesarch materials and correspondence, document the works of artist Ben Shahn.
Also included in the collection are illustrations by Shahn and photographs of
Shahn and his works. |
| Extent: | 7 document
boxes, 2 card boxes, 1 oversize box (4.79 linear feet) |
| Repository: | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center,
University of Texas at Austin |
This collection of artist Ben Shahn was donated to the Ransom
Center by Kenneth W. and Emma-Stina Prescott. Art historian and scholar Kenneth
Prescott is the author of several works on the life and art of Ben Shahn.
Compiled by Prescott over a forty-year period, this collection contains a
wealth of documentation on the artist in the form of books, serials, exhibition
catalogs, illustrations by Shahn in numerous printed formats including record
albums, invoices and loan information, articles, photographs of Shahn and his
works, and Prescott's research materials and correspondence.
The collection is arranged in two Series: Series I on Ben
Shahn's works, including information about Shahn and exhibitions of his works,
and Series II on Kenneth Prescott's research, writing and correspondence,
reflecting his organization of exhibitions and books about Shahn.
Numerous books, serials, and exhibition catalogs have been
transferred to the Ransom Center library.
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Access:
Open for research
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Gift, 1997 (G11021)
Jan Root and Liz Murray, 1999
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I. Ben Shahn
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| | | A. Works By Shahn |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | | | Book covers and jackets designed
by Shahn |
| 2-4 | | | Greeting cards, announcements,
etc. with Shahn repros. |
| 5 | | | Illustrations for books, serials,
performing arts events, and other printed material |
| | | | Individual works |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 6 | | | | Ben Shahn's
Haggadah, Little Brown, 1965, promotional material |
| 7 | | | | The Dreyfus
Affair: The Ben Shahn Prints, Crossroads Books, 1st ed., 1984,
publicity brochure |
| 8 | | | | Time, eight magazine covers,
1955-68 |
| 9 | | | | A Vision
Shared - A Portrait of America and Its People, 1935-1943, St. Martin's
Press, N.Y., 1976, photocopy of sections pertaining to Shahn's
photography |
| | | | Photographic reproductions of BS
works |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 10-11 | | | | Black & white
photos |
| 12 | | | | Color photos, with photos of
Kenneth Prescott at the Ben Shahn Exhibition and Seminar, Santa Fe East
Gallery, New Mexico,
1981 |
| 13 | | | | Color photograph,
self-portrait,
1926-28 |
| 14 | | | | Color transparencies,
negatives, and color photo, various scenes |
| 15 | | | | 35 mm color/Kodachrome
slides, #1-239 |
| * | | | Sound recordings, cover
illustrations by Shahn [*removed to oversize, Box 8] |
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1 | | | | "Albert
Schweitzer: Bach," Columbia Records, ML 5042, Volume VI |
| SR
2 | | | | "Die
Dreigroschenoper," music by Kurt Weill; lyrics by Bertolt Brecht.
Columbia Records, O2L 257 |
| SR
3 | | | | Music excerpts from Jerome
Robbins'
"Ballets: U.S.A." RCA Records, LPM/LSP-2435,
1961 |
| SR
4 | | | | "Music
of Old Russia," Nathan Milstein, violin. Orchestra conducted by Robert
Irving, Angel Records, S36002. [together with a postcard from R.A. Shwalb to
Prescott with album cover descriptive information] |
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5 | | | | "Wagner: Prelude and Love Death; Strauss: Death and
Transfiguration; Leinsdorf: The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra,"
Capitol Records, P8580 |
| | | B. Information about Shahn |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | * | | | Card files for Shahn owners,
paintings, prints, refs., etc. |
| * | | | | Shahn's works loaned by
owners for KWP exhibitions [*removed to Box 9] |
| * | | | | Citations, information,
references, etc. for specific Shahn paintings/works [*removed to Box
9] |
| * | | | | Shahn's works categorized by
subject matter areas [*removed to Box 9] |
| * | | | | Paintings by title, media,
etc. & owners [*removed to Box 10] |
| * | | | | Owner cards [*removed to Box
10] |
| | | | Downtown Gallery, New York
City |
| | | | | Deliveries of Shahn works,
1944-1967 |
| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 1 | | | | | Dec. 1944-Feb. 1953 |
| 2 | | | | | Dec. 1953-Jan. 1959 |
| 3 | | | | | Dec. 1960-Feb. 1967 |
| | | | | Invoices,
1944-1963 |
| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 4 | | | | | 1944-1950 |
| 5 | | | | | 1951-1952 |
| 6 | | | | | 1953-1954 |
| 7 | | | | | 1955 |
| 8 | | | | | 1956-1957 |
| Box | Folder |
| 3 | 1 | | | | | 1958 |
| 2 | | | | | 1959-A |
| 3 | | | | | 1959-B |
| 4 | | | | | 1960 |
| 5 | | | | | 1961 |
| 6 | | | | | 1962-1963 |
| | | | | Purchase invoices,
1964-1968 |
| Box | Folder |
| 3 | 7 | | | | | (mixed entries) - part I 1964-1968 |
| 8 | | | | | (mixed entries) - part II 1966-1967 |
| 9 | | | Articles by and about Shahn;
articles featuring Shahn's illustrations |
| Box | Folder |
| 4 | 1-4 | | | Journal articles arranged
alphabetically by serial title, from 3-ring binder |
| 5-7 | | | News articles from newspapers,
magazines, journals, galleries, etc., from 3-ring binder |
| 8 | | | Original works in estate as of
date of death, Schedule A [descriptive list] |
| 9 | | | Sale & estimated prices,
1969-95 |
| | | C. Shahn Exhibitions |
| Box | Folder |
| 5 | 1-2 | | | 1945-1997, Shahn exhibitions,
descriptive material from 3-ring binder |
| * | | | 1970, Retrospective, Japan tour,
repros of Shahn works [*removed to oversize, Box 8] |
| 3 | | | 1981,
"Ben Shahn:
Voices and Visions," Santa Fe East, New Mexico, symposium
packet |
| * | | | 1991,
"Ben Shahn
Retrospective Exhibition," Japan, commemorative album of photographs and
exhibition announcements [*removed to oversize, Box 8] |
| | | | | Loan
correspondence |
| Box | Folder |
| 5 | 4 | | | | | A-F |
| 5 | | | | | G-M |
| 6 | | | | | N-Z |
| 7 | | | | Loan forms |
| 8 | | | 1998,
"Common Man,
Mythic Vision: The Paintings of Ben Shahn," The Jewish Museum, New York,
invitation to opening |
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II. Kenneth W. Prescott
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| | | A. Works |
| | | | The Complete
Graphic Works of Ben Shahn (1973) |
| Box | Folder |
| 6 | 1 | | | | Photographs used for
illustrations |
| 2 | | | | | IIA - Fig.
113-224 |
| 3 | | | | | IIA - Fig.
222-272a |
| 4 | | | | | IIA - Fig.
273a-282a |
| 5 | | | | | IIB - part 1 - color
transparencies. Fig. 1-85 |
| 6 | | | | | IIB - part 2 & 4.
Fig. 94-269 (not inclusive) |
| 7 | | | | | IIB - part 3 - posters.
Fig. 137-204 |
| 8 | | | | | IIA - Hallelujah
Miniatures, 1970-71. Fig. 268-309. IIB - Part 1. Fig. 54 - Warsaw
1943,
1963 |
| 9 | | | Prints and
Posters of Ben Shahn (1982). Color repro. proofs of Shahn's works for
KWP |
| | | | Research |
| Box | Folder |
| 6 | 10 | | | | Commercial work |
| 11 | | | | Murals |
| 12 | | | | Music/Plays/Ballet |
| 13 | | | | Political/Social/Activist |
| Box | Folder |
| 7 | 1 | | | | Portraits |
| 2 | | | | Religious/Philosophical |
| 3 | | | | WW II |
| | | | Photographic images used in KWP
books on Shahn |
| Box | Folder |
| 7 | 4 | | | | Color transparencies of
Shahn's works |
| 5-6 | | | | Photographs of Shahn's
works, b & w |
| 7 | | | Photographs of Ben
Shahn |
| | | B. Correspondence |
| Box | Folder |
| 7 | 8 | | | Appel, Benjamin, manuscript,
"Prophet
With a Brush: Ben Shahn" with correspondence |
| 9-10 | | | Bressler, Morris, correspondence,
manuscripts, tape transcriptions |
| 11 | | | Greenstone, Prof.
Leonard |
| 12 | | | Shahn, Bernarda |
| 13 | | | Wofsy, Alan |
| 14 | | | KWP & various sources re data
on Shahn works |
| 15 | | | Misc. Shahn correspondence,
information, etc. |
| Box |
| 8-10 | | | | Oversize and card
boxes |
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