James Chaney Ben Shahn Hand Signed Protest Print
- 1965
- Ben Shahn (1898 - 1969)
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16 1/2 x 22 inches ~ (40 x 55 cm)$775
- Unbacked
This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $80 and take approximately 6-8 weeks.
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself. Backing is what we recommend for framing, and for any poster needing restoration.
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On the night of June 21, 1964, civil right workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner disappeared in Neshoba County, Mississippi. After a two-month search by the F.B.I. the bodies of the three young men were discovered at a nearby dam site where they had been buried following their murder by members of the local Ku Klux Klan.
Ben Shahn illusterated a portfolio for the Human Relations Council of Greater New Haven, Connecticut, showing portraits of each of three slain civil right workers as part of Shahn's lifelong commitment to social justice.
Hand signed and numbered 179/300. Please note slight toning to the paper.
