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A print of three tall figures on a lined floor. Two standing nude women hold a large, amorphous mass above a crouching figure on all fours with large pointed ears. Skeletal legs and a pelvis stand beneath the left woman.

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Artist Jan Krejci (Czech, 1942 - 2001)

Date1970

MediumEtching

Dimensions11 3/4 x 9 in. (29.8 x 22.9 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin

Object number1995.27.151

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Visual DescriptionA print of three tall figures on a lined floor. Two standing nude women hold a large, amorphous mass above a crouching figure on all fours with large pointed ears. Skeletal legs and a pelvis stand beneath the left woman.

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