true story.
my grandmother
was cleaning out her attic
and found a rolled up
litho of gandhi.
it was bit torn
and warped by water
so she gave it to
my mother
my mother was
like "no $%#@"
this is a shahn!
and got it
restored.
gandhi's tiny feet
boney hands &
long torso
and shahn's
signature red
stamp
makes my
heart sing.
my grandmother
was cleaning out her attic
and found a rolled up
litho of gandhi.
it was bit torn
and warped by water
so she gave it to
my mother
my mother was
like "no $%#@"
this is a shahn!
and got it
restored.
gandhi's tiny feet
boney hands &
long torso
and shahn's
signature red
stamp
makes my
heart sing.
14 comments:
what a RAD find. :D
This is lovely - the poster and the story. It makes me wonder about the back-story of how your grandmother came to acquire the poster. It also makes me smile, because of the topical synchronicity with my most recent blog post. As always, thanks for sharing.
my dad found a first edition Sartre, SIGNED, in a box of free books at the Salvation Army.
does that count for something?
Great story, the poster is awesome...What a keeper!
stunning. can I have it ?
The story is touching and the message on the poster is beautiful. Thank you for sharing that. Your Grandma and Mom sound really cool too.
Wow!! That's amazing!!
makes me miss home and the ghandi print. Can't you just picture running down those steps?
That's so great...how exciting to find something so wonderful.
xoxo,
Ms. Seberg
Miss you.
Happy...this post got me smiling...a lot...the whole story of this poster....and, of course those funny little feet.
good illustration is a real sucker area for me ...this Ben Shahn...he's a Master. Good find + good judgement on whoever brought Mr Ghandi home the first time.
Thanks.... still smiling.
that's amazing! i like the image of your mom so excited.
gandhi and ben shahn would both be pleased.
ooh where is that book from?
A very sweet Ben Shahn owl sold at auction today in NY (Nina Abrams collection) for $3,750. Here's a link to the piece...
http://www.phillipsdepury.com/auctions/lot-detail.aspx?sn=NY010310&search=&p=23&order=&lotnum=270
ps. love your blog! Have for a while.
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