A print featuring a top section with a baby crawling over a cluster of faces beneath an eye. A textured, screaming face-like column connects downward to three vertical panels showing massive hands gripping struggling babies.

The Egg

Artist Oldrich Kulhánek (Czech, 1940-2013)

Date1970

MediumEtching

Dimensions14 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (36.8 x 24.1 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin

Object number1995.27.152

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Visual DescriptionA print featuring a top section with a baby crawling over a cluster of faces beneath an eye. A textured, screaming face-like column connects downward to three vertical panels showing massive hands gripping struggling babies.

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