Jewish Museum Postcard: Flowering Brushes by Ben Shahn

This postcard features the work Flowering Brushes, 1968, by Ben Shahn.

Translation of Hebrew:
[Rabbi Hillel] used to say: "If I am not for myself, who is for me?  If I care only for myself, what am I?  If not now, when?" -Ethics of the Fathers (Pirkei Avot)

About the Original Work:
Ben Shahn (American, b. Lithuania, 1898-1969)
Flowering Brushes, 1968
Lithograph on paper, 39 3/4 x 26 5/8 in.
The Jewish Museum, New York, Gift of Mrs. Norma Green, JM 51-78
© 2025 Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

The exhibition Ben Shahn, On Nonconformity is on view at the Jewish Museum May 23 - October 12, 2025 and presents the first U.S. retrospective in nearly half a century dedicated to social realist artist and activist Ben Shahn (1898-1969)

Archival printed paper
4" x 6"