A black-and-white print of (L-R) a man looking through a telescope and drawing with a compass, two lightening rods above a baby in fetal position, and a masked scientist with a microscope and test tubes.

The Secret of Life

Harry Sternberg (1904-2001)

Date

1936
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Etching and aquatint
Contributors

Printed by Charles Wilbert White
Dimensions

Image: 8 x 14 in.
Sheet: 12 3/4 x 15 1/4 in.
Edition

Unknown
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. on plage: STERNBERG 1936
l.l. in graphite: Sternberg, H. 59-6-15 [upsidedown and marked out]
l.r. in graphite: '43-25-82 [marked out]
Verso:
l.r. stamp: [American Artists Group logo] \ THE SECRET OF LIFE by HARRY STERNBERG \ HS © 1936
Collection Name

American Artists Group Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1997.10.85
Copyright

© Estate of Harry Sternberg

Location: Off view

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