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Eurydice Ascends, Orpheus Looks Back 2

1980s

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

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 in green, yellow, brown, blue, red, orange, and black depicting Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheus appears in brown, seated amid a green field next to a small blue stream. He holds a guitar and is turning to look over his shoulder at Eurydice, who appears standing, nude, in yellow. Behind Eurydice are tall green hedges with two yellow archways. Beyond the hedges in the distance are the outlines of mountains in red. The title of the print [Eurydice Ascends, Orpheus Looks Back 2] is written in pencil on the left corner underneath the image. There are no other inscriptions, front or back.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2023.111.26.5

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