Ecclesiastes
1966
20th century
23 7/8 in. x 18 7/8 in. (60.64 cm x 47.94 cm)
Ben Shahn,
American,
(1898–1969)
Object Type:
Prints
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
screen print; image in black, brown script on Japanese paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, purchased with funds from the General Services Foundation, family foundation of John M. Musser
Accession Number:
1997.273
Printed below in Hebrew, brown ink:
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring you into judgement.
Ecclesiastes, Chapter II, Verse 19
Image adapted from Titian's Three Ages of Man, 1512.
Purchased from the artist on the occasion of the Carleton College Centennial Print Invitational, 1966.