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Artists > Ben Shahn > Artworks > To Parents One Had to Hurt from the Rilke Portfolio

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To Parents One Had to Hurt from the Rilke Portfolio, 1968

lithograph on richard de bas

Prints & Graphic Art

22.5 x 17.75 in

Signed, in an edition of 200

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Sep 25, 2014

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The First Word of Verse Arises from the Rilke Portfolio by Ben Shahn, 1968

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The First Word of Verse Arises from the Rilke Portfolio ,1968

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22.5 x 17.75 in. (57.15 x 45.09 cm)

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The First Word of Verse Arises from the Rilke Portfolio ,1968

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The First Word of Verse Arises from the Rilke Portfolio ,1968

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22.5 x 17.75 in. (57.15 x 45.09 cm)

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$344

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To Parents One Had to Hurt from the Rilke Portfolio, 1968

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