Maker(s): | Katz, Leo
| Culture: | American, 20th century
| Title: | Is this the meaning of life?
| Date Made: | 1937
| Type: | Print
| Materials: | Lithograph
| Measurements: | Mat: 19 15/16 in x 25 1/16 in; 50.6 cm x 63.7 cm; Sheet: 15 15/16 in x 23 5/8 in; 40.5 cm x 60 cm; Image: 13 11/16 in x 18 1/16 in; 34.8 cm x 45.9 cm
| Narrative Inscription: | INSCRIPTIONS: recto, lwr. l. (pencil): 24/60. ; recto, lwr. ctr. (pencil): IS THIS THE MEANING OF LIFE? ; recto, lwr. r. (pencil): 18Y24 / Los Angeles ; SIGNATURE/DATE: recto, lwr. r. (pencil): Leo Katz 1937.
| Accession Number: | MH 1991.4.715
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Helene Brosseau Black (Class of 1931)
| Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description: A crowded fight amongst three men and demonic animals, some of which are mythical. Animals include a gorilla, horse, lion, alligator, leopard, buffalo, elephant, hippopotamus and snake.
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