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Whitney Museum of American Art: Directors Tour Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard Law Professor, gives a thumbnail audio description of the story behind Shahns painting, "The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti," which can be seen in the Whitneys permanent collection galleries. http://www.whitney.org/american_voices/586/index.html
The National Archives: A New Deal for the Arts An on-line exhibit including examples of posters and other graphic work created by Ben Shahn for various New Deal agencies. http://www.nara.gov/exhall/new_deal_for_the_arts/index.html
Library of Congress: Black and White Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945 A vast resource that includes most of the FSA photographs taken by Ben Shahn. Also featured is an on-line book, Documenting America, which includes an essay about a series of photographs Shahn took of cotton pickers in Arkansas, circa 1935. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsahtml/fahome.html
Ben Shahn at Harvard A searchable database of Harvards collection of Ben Shahn images. Strong focus on his photography. Includes essays and teacher/family guides. http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/Shahn/index.html
The Bronx Post Office Mural by Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn A site dedicated to the public art created for the Bronx Post Office, with an extensive section about the 13 panel mural painted by Ben and his wife, and the controversy that surrounded it. http://bronxart.lehman.cuny.edu/pa/bgpo.htm A large format book covering periods from throughout Shahns career. Ben Shahn
The first full biography of the artist. Ben Shahn: An Artists
Life
The classic series of essays by the artist. The Shape of Content
Exhibition catalog focusing on the influence of photography in Shahns work. Ben Shahns New York: The Photography
of Modern Times
Exhibition catalog focusing on the Sacco-Vanzetti case, and Shahns treatment of it throughout his career. Ben Shahn and the Passion
of Sacco and Vanzetti
Exhibition catalog focusing on Shahns post-WWII paintings. Common Man, Mythic Vision: The Paintings
of Ben Shahn Jersey Homesteads Mural (1937-38) Resources of America (1938-39) The First Amendment (Jamaica Mural)
(1939-41) The Meaning of Social Security (1940-42) Alternatives (1963) Apotheosis (1965) Temple Beth Zion (1965) The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti
(1967)
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