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Benton Murdoch Spruance, Introduction to Love

Artist
Benton Murdoch Spruance
Date
1935
Medium
Lithograph
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 2017
Dimensions
10 3/8 x 13 1/2 in.

Spruance’s lithograph is a disturbing portrayal of a first sexual encounter. Enveloped by a seemingly unstable space with sinister shadows, the figures of a man and woman are accompanied by a serpent, a vulture, and a monkey.

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