Oral history interview with Ben Shahn
name: label: Creator
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
label: Interviewer
content: Selvig, Forrest
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art -- Philosophy
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Political activity
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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: label: Creator
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
label: Interviewer
content: Selvig, Forrest
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ben Shahn (1898-1969) was a painter in Roosevelt, New Jersey.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 35 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968 September 27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.shahn68
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/shahn68.htm
label: Reproduction Note
content: Item is a transcript.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Location of original tape unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Ben Shahn conducted by Forrest Selvig for the Archives of American Art.