| Maker(s): | Spruance, Benton
| | Culture: | American (1904-1967)
| | Title: | Introduction to Love
| | Date Made: | 1935
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Lithograph
| | Place Made: | North America; United States
| | Measurements: | Sheet: 15 1/8 in x 20 3/8 in; 38.4 cm x 51.8 cm; Image: 11 1/16 in x 13 7/16 in; 28.1 cm x 34.1 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | SIGNATURE/DATE: recto, lwr.r. (graphite): Spruance '35 WGS; SIGNATURE: recto, lwr.r. (stamp in red ink): BS; TITLE: recto, lwr.ctr. (graphite): -Introduction to Love-; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr.l. (graphite): ed 35; WATERMARK: recto, lwr.r. (blind stamp): Barcelona-Catalunya-Spain
| | Accession Number: | MH 1973.218.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:
Edition: 35; view of bedroom with man, woman, and animals; manputtong on his shirt, snakes slither at his feet and up his leg; woman sitting on bed, partially nude, putting on stockings; large bird perched on footboard of bed; monkey sitting on back of chain in lower right corner
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