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About this work

You see two pears and a bunch of grapes sitting on a flat surface, drawn in bold black lines. Kuhn made this print the same year he organized the famous Armory Show, which introduced modern art to America. The fruit looks simple, but the thick outlines and sharp shadows give it weight—almost like a sculpture. He wasn’t trying to copy nature; he wanted shapes to feel solid and real. If you like how Kuhn turns everyday things into strong, graphic forms, look up lithography to see how ink and stone work together.