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Ben Shahn mock-up for a government brochure promoting resettlement

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    Object Details

    Creator

    Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969

    Subject

    United States. Farm Security Administration. Historical Section

    Place of publication, production, or execution

    No place, unknown, or undetermined

    Physical Description

    1 mock-up : various media ; 23 x 18.5

    Summary

    Dates based on finding aid.
    Mock-up on artists' board juxtaposes a photograph of a flooded town with hand-lettered text: The hills above this town have been robbed of their protecting forests; resettlement will save this town by turning the wasted cut-over areas back to forest land.

    Citation

    Ben Shahn. Ben Shahn mock-up for a government brochure promoting resettlement, 1935 or 1936. Ben Shahn papers, 1879-1990. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

    Use Note

    Current copyright status is undetermined

    Location Note

    Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

    Date

    1935 or 1936

    Record number

    (DSI-AAA)18340

    Type

    Artworks

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    Ben Shahn papers, 1879-1990, bulk 1933-1970

    Data Source

    Archives of American Art

    Topic

    Land settlement--United States
    Natural disasters

    Metadata Usage

    Usage conditions apply

    Record ID

    AAADCD_item_18340

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