Jersey Homesteads mural
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The Jersey Homesteads mural is a large-scale New Deal–era artwork by Ben Shahn that depicts the struggles and aspirations of Jewish immigrant garment workers and the founding of the Jersey Homesteads cooperative community.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jersey Homesteads mural canonical | 1 |
| Jersey Homesteads murals | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Deal artwork
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mural ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jersey Homesteads cooperative project
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Roosevelt, New Jersey Jewish community ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | U.S. federal New Deal program ⓘ |
| commissionedUnder | Resettlement Administration ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator |
Ben Shahn
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Ben Shahn and assistants ⓘ |
| depicts |
Atlantic Ocean crossing
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European shtetl life ⓘ Jewish immigrant garment workers ⓘ New York City garment sweatshops ⓘ arrival at Ellis Island ⓘ aspirations of immigrants ⓘ collective decision-making ⓘ construction of Jersey Homesteads ⓘ cooperative factory work ⓘ cooperative farming ⓘ education and schools ⓘ family life in the cooperative ⓘ founding of the Jersey Homesteads cooperative community ⓘ labor organizing ⓘ labor struggles ⓘ |
| genre |
historical painting
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political art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
panel showing Old World persecution
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panel showing community life in Jersey Homesteads ⓘ panel showing cooperative factory ⓘ panel showing cooperative farm ⓘ panel showing immigration ⓘ panel showing sweatshop labor ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Jewish American history
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cooperative community life ⓘ garment industry ⓘ immigration to the United States ⓘ labor and industry ⓘ |
| inception | 1930s ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Mexican muralism ⓘ |
| languageOfInscription | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jersey Homesteads cooperative project
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surface form:
Jersey Homesteads community center
Roosevelt public school building ⓘ |
| location | Roosevelt, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
egg tempera
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fresco ⓘ |
| movement |
Social realism
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surface form:
Social Realism
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| partOf |
Federal Art Project
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surface form:
New Deal art programs
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| significantFor |
New Deal cultural history
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representation of Jewish immigrant experience ⓘ visual history of Jersey Homesteads ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ben Shahn
this entity surface form:
Jersey Homesteads murals