(SHAHN BEN) Archive of material relating to biographical wor

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RICH ARCHIVE (SHAHN, BEN.) Archive of material relating to biographical work Portrait of the Artist as an American, by Selden Rodman. Ex-collection Joan Daves, Shahn's good friend and literary agent at Harper & Brothers Publishers. Copy of the volume in dust jacket, worn, Inscribed and Signed by both Shahn and Rodman and additional material as described below. Includes family photographs, proofs, published materials, etc. New York, (1951) and later

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Book accompanied by note from Shahn reflecting his guilt over his upset with Daves's constant prodding him toward deadlines, corrections, etc.: (underlined, in bold): "THE BOOK IS BEAUTIFUL. I TAKE BACK EVERYTHING I EVER SAID. FORGIVE ME. Humbly, Ben." Two ring-binders full of personal photos of Shahn's' family, advertisements and other designs, illustrations and reproductions from various works (including a copy of "Where there is a Book there is no Sword" Prescott fig.12), most with production notes and indications in margins and elsewhere, some in Shahn's hand pamphlets and small publications by the Spiral Press and other houses, illustrated by Shahn.