Benton Murdoch Spruance

The Thirties - Windshield
1939

A black and white surrealist print featuring a chaotic scene with various elements including a figure resembling Death holding a scythe, a crashed car with a figure tumbling out, a sinking ship, and a small inset scene of a farmer plowing a field. The artwork is rich in detail and symbolism, with a sense of motion and disarray throughout.
A black and white surrealist print featuring a chaotic scene with various elements including a figure resembling Death holding a scythe, a crashed car with a figure tumbling out, a sinking ship, and a small inset scene of a farmer plowing a field. The artwork is rich in detail and symbolism, with a sense of motion and disarray throughout.

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Date
1939

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 16 7/16in. (29.5 × 41.8 cm) Image: 8 15/16 × 14 5/16in. (22.7 × 36.4 cm)

Accession number
96.68.268

Edition
Ed. 30

Publication
Printed by Theodore H. Cuno

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Benton Murdoch Spruance
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