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Type:
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
New Jersey
Physical Description:
35 Pages, Transcript
Access Note / Rights:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Patrons must use transcript.
Summary:
Interview of Ben Shahn conducted by Forrest Selvig for the Archives of American Art.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ben Shahn, 1968 September 27. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/shahn68.htm
Item is a transcript.
Location of Originals:
Location of original tape unknown.
Biography Note:
Ben Shahn (1898-1969) was a painter in Roosevelt, New Jersey.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001