Artist: Alexander Calder
Title: Hommage to Ben Shahn, 1975
Dimensions: 39 x 25.5 in, 99.1 x 64.8 cm

As a tribute to Ben Shahn, Calder created this original lithographic poster. Ben Shahn, a Lithuanian-born American artist, was a close friend of Calder's, and the two were part of a tight group of writers and artists in New York after World War II. This print is an example of a two-dimensional work where Calder, just as he would in one of his mobiles, gives a sense that the shapes are randomly arranged in space by chance.