The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti
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The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti is a series of social realist paintings by Ben Shahn that powerfully depicts the controversial trial and execution of Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti Context triple: [Ben Shahn, notableWork, The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti]
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A.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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B.
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Ox-Bow Incident is a 1943 American Western film noir about a lynch mob’s rush to judgment, renowned for its stark moral themes and powerful performances.
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C.
Joe Cinque’s Consolation
Joe Cinque’s Consolation is a non-fiction book by Australian writer Helen Garner that examines the real-life murder of Joe Cinque and the ensuing legal and moral complexities surrounding the case.
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D.
The Informer
The Informer is a 1935 American drama film directed by John Ford, renowned for its expressionistic style and Ford’s Oscar-winning direction.
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E.
Guilty Men
Guilty Men is a 1940 polemical book, co-authored by Michael Foot under a pseudonym, that fiercely condemned British appeasement policies toward Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti Target entity description: The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti is a series of social realist paintings by Ben Shahn that powerfully depicts the controversial trial and execution of Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
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A.
Trial of the Twenty-One
The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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B.
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Ox-Bow Incident is a 1943 American Western film noir about a lynch mob’s rush to judgment, renowned for its stark moral themes and powerful performances.
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C.
Joe Cinque’s Consolation
Joe Cinque’s Consolation is a non-fiction book by Australian writer Helen Garner that examines the real-life murder of Joe Cinque and the ensuing legal and moral complexities surrounding the case.
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D.
The Informer
The Informer is a 1935 American drama film directed by John Ford, renowned for its expressionistic style and Ford’s Oscar-winning direction.
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E.
Guilty Men
Guilty Men is a 1940 polemical book, co-authored by Michael Foot under a pseudonym, that fiercely condemned British appeasement policies toward Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
painting series
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social realist artwork ⓘ |
| artForm | painting ⓘ |
| artisticStyle |
didactic
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figurative ⓘ |
| basedOn | Sacco and Vanzetti case ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creator | Ben Shahn ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| creatorOccupation |
muralist
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painter ⓘ |
| depicts |
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
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linked to:
Nicola Sacco
Nicola Sacco ⓘ Sacco and Vanzetti trial ⓘ coffins of Sacco and Vanzetti ⓘ courtroom scene ⓘ execution of Sacco and Vanzetti ⓘ funeral procession of Sacco and Vanzetti ⓘ judges and officials ⓘ mourners ⓘ |
| genre | social realism ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | political art about civil liberties ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual panel paintings ⓘ |
| hasTitleInEnglish | The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Red Scare in the United States
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linked to:
First Red Scare
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| historicalEventDepicted | 1927 execution of Sacco and Vanzetti ⓘ |
| inception | 1930s ⓘ |
| intendedMessage |
critique of judicial injustice
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sympathy for Sacco and Vanzetti ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (visual art) ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
death penalty
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labor movement ⓘ political injustice ⓘ |
| medium |
oil paint
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tempera ⓘ |
| movement | American social realism ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | sequential panels ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Ben Shahn ⓘ |
| period | Great Depression era American art ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Sacco and Vanzetti (Ben Shahn posters and drawings) ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-radical repression
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class conflict ⓘ immigrant experience in the United States ⓘ state violence ⓘ |
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Subject: The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti Description of subject: The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti is a series of social realist paintings by Ben Shahn that powerfully depicts the controversial trial and execution of Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
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