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Sphinx portrayed as a large cat with three pyramids behind and a cartoonish car in the foreground.
Sphynx
Sphinx portrayed as a large cat with three pyramids behind and a cartoonish car in the foreground.

Sphynx

Artist (American, born Romania, 1914 - 1999)
Date1984
MediumColor etching on paper
Dimensions20 3/4 × 29 1/2 in. (52.7 × 74.9 cm)
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineMary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of The Saul Steinberg Foundation
Object number2023.22.8
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