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A black and white print of two penguins standing together and facing right.
Adelies
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Adelies

Artist A. David Crown (British, 1924 - 2016)
Dateundated
MediumMezzotint etching
Dimensionssheet: 6 x 6 in. (15.2 x 15.2 cm)
image: 2 1/2 x 2 in. (6.4 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. A. David Crown
Object number1993.2.4
Collections
Visual DescriptionA black and white print of two penguins standing together and facing right.
A black and white print of two abstract, overlapping faces. Each face features a single bright, horizontal oval eye. The left face is framed by thick curved lines, while the right face has wavy lines extending down its side.
Conspirators
A. David Crown
undated
A black and white print featuring horizontal wavy lines. A stylized face rests within the waves on the right side, directly beneath a crescent moon. Five simple, line-drawn stars are scattered across the upper portion.
Sciolist
A. David Crown
undated
A black and white print of two abstract marionettes suspended by vertical strings. One has a spotted body and diamond-shaped head; the other wears a pleated skirt.
Who Can Tell?
A. David Crown
undated
A black and white print of three abstract figures with disc-shaped heads holding star shapes above wavy lines and small fish.
Go Catch a Falling Star
A. David Crown
undated
A white etching on black paper of an abstracted nude woman with one knee crossed over the other and her head titled back.
Nude
A. David Crown
undated
A black and white, x-ray-like image of a reclined skeletal figure facing right. The figure's head is tilted back, with visible anatomy including a ribcage, bent legs, and arms folded tightly against its chest.
Something's Wrong with this World...
A. David Crown
undated
A rectangular black textile with appliqué motifs of text and penguins. One of the two penguins in the center smokes a cigarette while the other eats a fish. Below them is a boat surrounded by two other bird figures. The text reads "CINCUENTENARIO", "RUFINO CASTRO", "FUME KOOL", "REFRESCANTE", and "PINGUIN".
Penguins
Panamanian
mid 1950s - 1960s
Penguins and birds in a playful style.
Family of Birds
Lucy Qinnuayuak
1963
A black and white print centered on light paper showing a shadowed figure in a patterned dress standing next to horizontal blinds. A small table with a teapot and cup is in the lower right. Handwritten text below reads "The morning."
The Morning
David Bumbeck
undated
A print with an irregularly shaped border featuring two faces. The left shows a softly shaded, forward-facing face with a necklace. The right displays a heavily lined, upward-looking male profile. Text near the bottom reads "OEDIPUS ANTIGONE".
Oedipus and Antigone
Jiri Anderle
1981
A sepia-toned print featuring a horizontal sequence of overlapping human profiles facing right. The faces are sandwiched between two dark, textured, reddish-brown horizontal bands. Faint, wispy lines extend outward from this central composition.
Saskia
Jiri Anderle
1978
A monochrome print showing two horses carrying a figure laden with a towering structure of sticks. Above, three small figures stand on a floating round mass, while another dark mass rests on tall, thin poles to the right.
Continual and Persistent Trying for Ownership
Albin Brunovsky
1978

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