Title: Ben Shahn and The passion of Sacco and Vanzetti
Description: Between 1931 and 1932, painter Ben Shahn created a series of 23 gouaches and temperas on the infamous trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. This catalogue accompanies an exhibition at the Jersey City Museum presenting all the paintings in existence - 17 in all - from this series.
Subjects: Art, Exhibitions, Political aspects of Art, History in art, Art, modern, 20th century, exhibitions, Art and state, Political aspects, Portraits, Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Dedham, Mass., 1921, Politics in art
Places: United States
People: Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888-1927), Ben Shahn (1898-1969), Nicola Sacco (1891-1927)