PrintsAmerican21st century

Mother giving birth, fetal heartbeats (twins) in utero, 1898

2017

Artists

Dario RobletoArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Photolithograph

Medium

Photolithograph with transparent base ink on hand-flamed and sooted paper; image brushed with lithotine and lifted from soot, fused in a mild solution of shellac and denatured alcohol

Culture

American

Century

21st century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 29.2 × 36.2 cm (11 1/2 × 14 1/4 in.) image: 10.2 × 15.2 cm (4 × 6 in.)

Provenance

[Inman Gallery, Houston, TX], sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2019.

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Quickened irregular pulse due to sudden failure of the heart, 1902

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8 months pregnant, 1870

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