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Type:
Artworks
Date:
1935 or 1936
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. <br>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
