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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
The Descent
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

The Descent

Artist Francis Bernard Shields (American, 1908 - 1990)
Publisher/Publishing House Works Progress Administration - Federal Arts Project (1935 - 1943)
Date1936-1943
MediumLithograph
Dimensionssheet: 15 7/8 x 22 7/8 in. (40.3 x 58.1 cm)
image: 11 7/8 x 17 in. (30.2 x 43.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Corbin S. Carnell, in memory of E. Muriel Adams.
Object number1992.11.133
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DescriptionA nude man descends from the turbulent sky into the sea; arising from the surface of the water is a giant eye.
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Walt Francis Kuhn
undated
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Walt Francis Kuhn
undated
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Sam Francis
1975
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Sam Francis
1976
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Eugene Francis Savage
1939
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James Francis McAleer
c 1940
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Francis Bruguière
October 1916
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Sam Francis
1978