Eurydice Ascending

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A color linocut depicting Eurydice leaving the underworld with Orpheus in foreground with a guitar. Orpheus is depicted in brown, and behind and to the right is the nude figure of Eurydice in yellow. In the center background are red flames and small figures. On the left are more figures in grey, with a green structure beside them. In the background behind Eurydice there is a green circular structure with a similar, yellow circular structure above it. In between is a line of small figures in yellow, blue and green. Along the top are swathes of green, yellow, red, and blue. The title [Euridicies Assending (sic)] is written in pencil on the bottom left side underneath the image. Written in pencil on the bottom center is [4th Imp]. The print is signed in pencil on the bottom right corner [James L. Wells '83].

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