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Children at Work / in worn out fields where the toil of all / the family will not produce a living. Resettlement will bring them to a better land.

c. 1936

Artists

Ben ShahnArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 86.5 x 60 cm (34 1/16 x 23 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Roosevelt, New Jersey, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, July 11, 1995.

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