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Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By

Ben Shahn

Artwork Details

Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By
1965
Ben Shahn
photo-offset reproduction on paper
28 5/16 x 24 5/16 x 1 3/16 in. (71.91 x 61.75 x 3.02 cm)
Gift of the Robbins Center for Cross Cultural Communication, Founder Warren M. Robbins
2011/1.102

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Subject Matter:

Diversity and poetry.

Physical Description:

A colored print of a white hand holding onto a brown hand. Above their grasp is both Hebrew block and English lettering that translates/reads: "'Thou Shalt Not Stand Idly By...". The painting illustrates the need for diversity during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's.

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