Ben Shahn's Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes, or, the Preacher.
Paris: Trianon Press, 1967. (Prothro B-199)

In this livre d’artiste, the American artist Ben Shahn (1898–1969) provided seven colored lithograph illustrations for the Book of Ecclesiastes. One of twenty-six special copies that includes two original lithographs signed by the artist with an extra set of the illustrations printed on pure rag paper, this copy also includes a series of thirty proofs showing the progressive states of the plate illustrating the sixth chapter.

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Ben Shahn's Ecclesiastes