Item Information
Title: Ben Shahn mock-up for a government brochure promoting resettlement
Date: 1935 or 1936
Physical Details: 1 mock-up : various media ; 23 x 18.5
Description: Dates based on finding aid.
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.
Creator: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
Forms part of: Ben Shahn papers, 1879-1990, bulk 1933-1970
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: 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.
Digital ID: 18340