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Mailbox on farm in Central Ohio

1938
(American, 1898–1969)
America
gelatin silver print
Image: 16.2 x 24.3 cm (6 3/8 x 9 9/16 in.); Paper: 20.5 x 25.4 cm (8 1/16 x 10 in.)
Gift of Samuel J. Lehr 2016.565
© Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Location: not on view
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American painter and printmaker Ben Shahn also had a significant career as a photographer in the 1930s surveying the impact of the Great Depression on the American people. In July and August 1938, the Farm Security Administration, a federal agency, commissioned Shahn to cover the harvest in Central Ohio. His photographs constitute an invaluable in-depth portrait of rural and small town life in 1930s Ohio.
Mailbox on farm in Central Ohio

Mailbox on farm in Central Ohio

1938

Ben Shahn

(American, 1898–1969)
America

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