Ben Shahn letter
name: label: Creator
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
label: Names
content: Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New Jersey -- Roosevelt
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Provenance unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ben Shahn (1898-1969) was a painter, printmaker, and photographer from Roosevelt, N.J.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1958
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.shahbel
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D10 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A letter, October 4, 1958, from Edith Halpert, to the Archives of American Art New York Archivist, signed "Miss Smith". Halpert describes her general impressions of Shahn and writes that he was in "this moring when he brought in some new silkscreens". She also writes about Shahn asking her if she has seen the sets he did for a ballet in Spoleto.