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 The Inverted Sink, 1985 Robert Gober Die Wölfe (Balkankrieg) [The Wolves (Balkan War)], 1913 Franz Marc La Musique, 1939 Henri Matisse Round Trip, 1957 Helen Frankenthaler Dream Displacement, 1976 Paul Sharits La Toilette, 1906 Pablo Picasso Alpha, 1960 Morris Louis The Tree, 1965 Agnes Martin Two-Tone, 1975 Susan Rothenberg Related People Ben Shahn