Oral history interview with Ben Shahn
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 23 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
label: Interviewer
content: Doud, Richard Keith
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: United States. Farm Security Administration. Historical Section
label: Names
content: Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
label: Names
content: Lange, Dorothea
label: Names
content: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985
label: Names
content: Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985
label: Names
content: Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New Jersey -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Documentary photography
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Photographers -- New Jersey -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
label: Interviewer
content: Doud, Richard Keith
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ben Shahn (1898-1969) was a painter and photographer from Roosevelt, N.J.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 29 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 April 14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.shahn64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Ben Shahn conducted 1964 April 14, by Richard K. Doud, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Shahn speaks of his travels and work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA); the American image as portrayed by FSA photographs; techniques and materials; exhibitions and publications of his work; and the effectiveness of the FSA project overall. He recalls Roy Stryker, Walker Evans, Arthur Rothstein, Edwin Rosskam and Dorothea Lange.