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Frontmatter
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Laura Katzman
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- LENDERS TO THE EXHIBITION AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM 5
- Contents 7
- Foreword 9
- Acknowledgments 11
- ART AND ACTIVISM: THE CURRENCY OF BEN SHAHN 14
- WORKING AND WAITING: BEN SHAHN’S PICTURES OF AND AFTER LABOR 34
- DIGNITY, GRIMNESS, URGENCY: BEN SHAHN AND THE POSTER ART OF WORLD WAR II 42
- BEN SHAHN AT MOMA IN 1947: REFLECTIONS ON AESTHETIC DEBATES IN THE EARLY COLD WAR ERA 50
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WORKS
- THE ROOTS OF ACTIVISM: BEN SHAHN’S CAUSES CÉLÈBRES 63
- A NEW DEAL FOR ART: FROM REVOLUTION TO REFORM 81
- WORLD WAR II AND ITS AFTERMATH 145
- THE LABOR MOVEMENT 177
- AGE OF ANXIETY: THE COLD WAR AND CIVIL LIBERTIES 203
- ART IN THE ATOMIC AGE 221
- CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM 235
- SPIRITUALITY, IDENTITY, AND THE HEBREW BIBLE 251
- LIST OF WORKS 269
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY SINCE 1989 280
- JEWISH MUSEUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 2025 283
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter 1
- LENDERS TO THE EXHIBITION AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM 5
- Contents 7
- Foreword 9
- Acknowledgments 11
- ART AND ACTIVISM: THE CURRENCY OF BEN SHAHN 14
- WORKING AND WAITING: BEN SHAHN’S PICTURES OF AND AFTER LABOR 34
- DIGNITY, GRIMNESS, URGENCY: BEN SHAHN AND THE POSTER ART OF WORLD WAR II 42
- BEN SHAHN AT MOMA IN 1947: REFLECTIONS ON AESTHETIC DEBATES IN THE EARLY COLD WAR ERA 50
-
WORKS
- THE ROOTS OF ACTIVISM: BEN SHAHN’S CAUSES CÉLÈBRES 63
- A NEW DEAL FOR ART: FROM REVOLUTION TO REFORM 81
- WORLD WAR II AND ITS AFTERMATH 145
- THE LABOR MOVEMENT 177
- AGE OF ANXIETY: THE COLD WAR AND CIVIL LIBERTIES 203
- ART IN THE ATOMIC AGE 221
- CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM 235
- SPIRITUALITY, IDENTITY, AND THE HEBREW BIBLE 251
- LIST OF WORKS 269
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY SINCE 1989 280
- JEWISH MUSEUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 2025 283