“Prints interest me because they circulate in society.”
Curator Freyda Spira on Albrecht Dürer’s 1504 print Adam and Eve.
Exposure
Freyda Spira
2 min. watch
Contributors
Freyda Spira
Associate Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints
Associate Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints
Photography by Katherine Dahab
Art Mentioned
Albrecht Dürer
1504
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