Untitled

Untitled

Nancy Spero

1991

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From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This image shows a tall, thin figure with a blurred face, standing against a white background. The figure is outlined in black and filled with splashes of yellow, blue, and green paint. Around the figure, there’s handwritten text in German, some of it crossed out or smudged. The words seem to tell a story about fear and violence, with phrases like *"das Fleisch schlägt auf"* (the flesh strikes) repeated. The text looks hurried, almost like a poem or a protest. Look up lithography to see how this print was made.

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