Eurydice Bitten by an Asp

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A linocut depicting the scene of Eurydice being bitten by a snake. Eurydice is shown as a nude female figure in yellow, being held by a nude male figure (Orpheus) in green while a blue and green snake wraps around Eurydice’s proper left leg to bite her on the thigh. The couple is depicted in a woodland setting, amidst green foliage with white flowers, and between two pools of blue water. A red devil figure watches from the upper right corner of the print, between two yellow and black tree trunks. The upper left corner of the print has a black sun, with black rays falling on rounded yellow and black shapes. The title [Euridices Bitten By An Asp] is written in pencil on the bottom left corner. Written in the bottom center is [3rd Imp]. The print is signed [James L. Wells '82] on the bottom right corner.

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