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Jan Švankmajer

Natural History Tab. 7

Description

Maker

Jan Švankmajer (Czech, b. 1934 in Prague, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic))

Title

Natural History Tab. 7

Year

1973

Medium

color etching on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

color etching on paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 91.4 x 63.5 cm (36 x 25 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in grapite on recto LL: 23/65. Signed and dated in graphite on recto LC: "Švankmajer J 73". Inscribed in graphite on verso UR "11940"

Identification

Edition

25/65

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Lasse Antonsen

Object Number

2020.43.1.6

Type

Prints

Exhibition History

Listen!

Jul 06, 2024 – Jan 05, 2025

Label copy

My dad is squeamish as he shows me a YouTube video of a 12-year-old expertly dissecting a blackbird. He wishes that I was more like this budding scientist, without the dragging-roadkill-home part—that I would assume this child’s curiosity for the arcane workings of the body, and medicine, and more importantly, perhaps, greater concern for my future job prospects. Today his efforts are in vain. The boy skillfully cuts into flesh while my thoughts wander.

–Maybe a Little Concerned, RAC member

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Jan Švankmajer (Czech, b. 1934 in Prague, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic))

Natural History Tab. 7, 1973

Color etching on paper

Sheet: 91.4 x 63.5 cm (36 x 25 inches)

Gift of Lasse Antonsen 2020.43.1.6

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