The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 5, 2024
Sign on outskirts of Circleville, Ohio
c. 1935–1939
(American, 1898–1969)
Gift of Samuel J. Lehr 2015.530
© Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Location: not on view
Description
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.- {{cite web|title=Sign on outskirts of Circleville, Ohio|url=false|author=Ben Shahn|year=c. 1935–1939|access-date=05 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2015.530