Ben Shahn's New York : the photography of modern times / Deborah Martin Kao, Laura Katzman, Jenna Webster ; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge.

Main entry:

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969.

Title & Author:

Ben Shahn's New York : the photography of modern times / Deborah Martin Kao, Laura Katzman, Jenna Webster ; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, 2000.

Description:

viii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ben Shahn's New York : scenes from the living theater / Laura Katzman -- Ben Shahn and the public use of art / Deborah Martin Kao -- Ben Shahn and the master medium / Jenna Webster -- The politics of media : painting and photography in the art of Ben Shahn / Laura Katzman. Notes. Note to the reader. Exhibition catalogue. Greenwich Village and environs -- Union Square and Fourteenth Street -- The Lower East Side -- Middle West Side/Middle East Side -- Artists' protest -- Rikers Island Penitentary mural project -- Contemporary American photography. Appendix : contemporary documents. Ben Shahn's New York -- Artists' protests -- Rikers Island Penitentary mural project -- The politics of media.

Summary:

Presents a collection of documentary street photographs taken by artist Ben Shahn in New York City in the early 1930s, with text that examines the social history of the pictures, as well as an analysis of Shahn's motives and the importance of his art.

ISBN:

0300083157 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780300083156 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0300083254 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780300083255 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
1891771124 (pbk.)
9781891771125 (pbk.)

Subject:

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969 Exhibitions.
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969 Expositions.
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
Documentary photography New York (State) New York Exhibitions.
Photographie documentaire New York (État) New York Expositions.
New York (N.Y.) dans l'art Expositions.
Documentary photography
Documentary photography New York Exhibitions
New York (N.Y.) In art Exhibitions.
New York (State) New York
American artists.
American photographers.
Photography United States New York (State) New York 1930-1940.
Art United States New York (State) New York 1930-1950.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
works of art.
Art
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.
Œuvres d'art.

Added entries:

Kao, Deborah Martin.
Katzman, Laura.
Webster, Jenna.
Fogg Art Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 225988
Call No.: ND37.S537 K3 2000
Notes: hardcover
Status: Available

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