Temptation

Mark Forth 

Wonsook Kim School of Art B.S. ’87
1993
Two-color lithograph and intaglio
23.75 x 17.75 inches
Printed in collaboration with Normal Editions Workshop

A black and light-yellow print of a nude figure with long hair and a monkey on the back of a goat. The nude figure is on the left side of the composition, standing contrapasso with crossed arms and one hand raised to their face. To the right of the figure is a small monkey on the back of a goat, which is standing on a wooden table. The goat’s face is close to and turned towards the nude figure’s face. The monkey is facing away from the figure and the goat. The only light source in the dark scene emerges from an open square door in the floor at the bottom center of the image. The light illuminates the left side of the figure and their face as they peer downward toward the light. The front of the goat, the leg of the table, and part of the front two legs of a stool are also illuminated.