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A monochrome print featuring a large, vertical mass of densely packed, tree-like textures bound by winding lines. The mass reaches into a swirling, cloudy sky. Faint, delicate winged shapes with long trailing lines hover to the right.

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Artist Albin Brunovsky (Czech, 1935 - 1997)

Date1978

MediumEtching

Dimensions17 5/8 x 13 7/16 in. (44.8 x 34.1 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin

Object number1995.27.84

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Visual DescriptionA monochrome print featuring a large, vertical mass of densely packed, tree-like textures bound by winding lines. The mass reaches into a swirling, cloudy sky. Faint, delicate winged shapes with long trailing lines hover to the right.

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