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A surreal drawing of a man "becoming" or reaching up at the viewer, reaching out with a gnarled grasping hand. The image is repeated in different scales, like an echo.
Two Figures
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Two Figures

Artist Ricardo Carpani (Argentine, 1930 - 1997)
Date1970
MediumLithograph
Dimensionssheet: 17 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. (45.1 x 62.9 cm)
image: 13 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (34.3 x 46 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object numberPR-71-37
Collections
Visual DescriptionA surreal drawing of a man "becoming" or reaching up at the viewer, reaching out with a gnarled grasping hand. The image is repeated in different scales, like an echo.
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