Oral history interview with Ben Shahn
Object Details
- Creator
- Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
- Interviewer
- Selvig, Forrest
- Names
- United States. Work Projects Administration
- Topic
- Art, American
- Painters -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt -- Interviews
- Art -- Philosophy
- Artists -- Political activity
- 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.
- Creator
- Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
- Interviewer
- Selvig, Forrest
- Biographical / Historical
- Ben Shahn (1898-1969) was a painter in Roosevelt, New Jersey.
- Extent
- 35 Pages (Transcript)
- Date
- 1968 September 27
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.shahn68
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Pages
- Interviews
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/shahn68.htm
- Reproduction Note
- Item is a transcript.
- Genre/Form
- Interviews
- Existence and Location of Originals
- Location of original tape unknown.
- Scope and Contents
- Interview of Ben Shahn conducted by Forrest Selvig for the Archives of American Art.
- Restrictions
- Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
- Patrons must use transcript.
- Record ID
- ebl-1596380470634-1596380470636-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0