| Maker(s): | Spruance, Benton
| | Culture: | American (1904-1967)
| | Title: | Salome and John
| | Date Made: | 1950
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Lithograph
| | Place Made: | North America; United States
| | Measurements: | Sheet: 22 13/16 in x 16 3/16 in; 57.9 cm x 41.1 cm; Image: 18 3/4 in x 13 1/2 in; 47.6 cm x 34.3 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | SIGNATURE/DATE: recto, lwr.r. (graphite): Spruance 50; TITLE: recto, lwr.ctr. (graphite): Salome -and John-; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr.l. (graphite): 23/40; WATERMARK: recto, lwr ctr (blind stamp): Cuno, Phila., P.A. Impression; WATERMARK: recto, lwr.r. (blind stamp): RIVES
| | Accession Number: | MH 1973.259.I(b).RII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Winifred Glover Spruance (Class of 1925) (wife of the artist)
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Part of Vanity II series: Vanity of Desire; view of man and woman shown three-quarter length in interior at night, moon visible on viewer's upper right, woman wears a pink head scarp and white skirt and is nude from waist up, man wears yellow crown and robe and holds small open box, the two figures look down at head of man resting on white cloth on table, braches and leaves of plant on viewer's left, white baboon on viewer's lower right corner
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