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A monochrome print featuring a head wrapped in thick, flat bands obscuring the face. A detailed hand rests against these bands. The top of the head dissolves into a hazy texture, framed by two vertical white stripes.
Hand
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Hand

Artist Oldrich Kulhánek (Czech, 1940-2013)
Date1984
MediumLithograph
Dimensions19 5/8 x 15 7/8 in. (49.8 x 40.3 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1995.27.95
Collections
Visual DescriptionA monochrome print featuring a head wrapped in thick, flat bands obscuring the face. A detailed hand rests against these bands. The top of the head dissolves into a hazy texture, framed by two vertical white stripes.







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Oldrich Kulhánek
1988
A print of a bearded man. A red winged heart rests on his forehead beneath a Menorah and Star of David. Ornate structures flank the left, smaller portraits cluster on the right, and a lettered ribbon crosses his cheek.
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A print featuring three pig heads. The central pig is positioned lower with its mouth wide open, showing teeth. It is flanked by two larger pig heads; the left points its snout upward and the right faces forward.
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A detailed print centered on a glaring, bearded man. He is surrounded by a skull, a geometric crystal, bat wings, swirling smoke, a ram's head, an infinity loop, and large, hairy animal legs with hooves. At the top of the composition is the word "ALCHYMIA".
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1970
A monochrome print of three vertically stacked, overlapping faces. The top face has hands covering its eyes, the middle face has fingers plugging its ears, and the bottom face has clasped hands covering its mouth.
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Oldrich Kulhánek
1991
A monochrome print of a face revealed through two horizontal tears in paper. The upper slit exposes a pair of eyes, while the lower tear shows closed lips. On the right side, the torn edges curl backwards.
The Little Window
Oldrich Kulhánek
1987
Standing male figure with arms held out as in an embrace wearing long skirt with wrapped sash that hangs in front ending in tassels, has small triangular "tail", shell like object protruding from middle of upper back, conical headdress with small peak in front, animal skull hanging from sash on right side of head. Face painted in horizontal black stripes arms and legs painted in black stripes skirt and sash painted with black to correspond to pattern inscribed of zig zag bands
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A print with the text "RICERCARI IN OMAGGIO" above an oval portrait of a bearded man, inscribed "al Sig. CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI". The central portrait is surrounded by detailed string and wind musical instruments and an open book below.
In Omaggio
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1972
A monochrome print of two hands with fingers gently intertwined, pointing upwards. Faint concentric lines radiate behind the fingertips. Handwritten text below includes a dedication, signatures, the date September 19, 1992, and the word "INTERTWINED".
Intertwined
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