The Red Bed

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A seven color lithograph titled “The Red Bed” by Margo Humphrey. The print depicts a cross-sectional view of a house, showing six rooms in a two-story house. Each floor has three rooms. On the first floor, from left to right, the rooms are a kitchen with a checkered floor, a living room with a couch and tv, and a dining room with a three-seat table and the windows open. On the second floor, from left to right, the rooms are a black, solid color room with the word [SPIRIT / ROOM], a bathroom with yellow curtains, and a bedroom with green armchair, red walls, red curtains, and a red bed. One wall has a cross. A nude couple is embracing on the red bed. The roof of the house is yellow and the entrance to the house has a swing. The sun is painted in the upper left corner.

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