Ben Shahn American, born Kaunus, Russia (now Lithuania), 1898-1969 © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. download Expand image Close Search the Site © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Succession Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. © Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page. Previous slide Next slide Spring, 1947 Artwork Details Materials tempera on Masonite Measurements support: 17 x 30 inches (43.18 x 76.2 cm); framed: 34 3/4 x 38 1/2 inches (88.26 x 97.79 cm) Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum Credit Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1948 Accession ID RCA1948:2 More details Inscriptions: signature / lower right / Ben Shahn Object Classifications: Paintings Work Type: Tempera painting (visual work) Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms Related Content Related Exhibitions {title} slider controls Previous slide Next slide The American Scene: Selections from the Permanent Collection January 18, 1986–March 2, 1986 Related Publications {title} slider controls Previous slide Next slide Catalogue of Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture: The Room of Contemporary Art Collection Contemporary Art 1942-72: Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Related Links {title} slider controls Previous slide Next slide Shop AK Poster of Ben Shahn’s Spring, 1947 Other Works by This Artist Previous slide Next slide Patterson #1, 1953 Ben Shahn Coral Vets Series No. 15, not dated Ben Shahn Arabs, not dated Ben Shahn Mother and Child, ca. 1950 Ben Shahn Collection Highlights All Collection Highlights Previous slide Next slide Flood, 2007 Barnaby Furnas Music and Literature, 1878 William Michael Harnett Nocturne—Orangerie Staircase, Versailles, 1908 Edward Jean Steichen June 4-52 (tableform), 1952 Ben Nicholson Portrait (R. Eisch), 1999 Thomas Ruff The Marina Piccola, Capri, 1859 Albert Bierstadt La Fumée (Smoke), 1912 Fernand Léger Divisibilité indéfinie (Indefinite Divisibility), 1942 Yves Tanguy I Think So, 1938 Yasuo Kuniyoshi Related People Ben Shahn