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PrintsAmerican20th century

Waste / of machines and men / The first we cannot remedy. The last we can. / Resettlement is building new communities / for people left stranded by the / closing down of industry.

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 56.2 cm (34 1/16 x 22 1/8 in.)

Provenance

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

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