The metamorphosis: As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect
(1976)
plate 9 from The Kafka portfolio 1976

Yosl BERGNER

Medium: hand-coloured screenprint
Measurements: 47.0 × 41.1 cm irreg. (image) 64.2 × 46.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution: Melbourne, Victoria
Edition: artist's proof
Inscription: inscribed in pencil l.l.: A.P 9 (9 in a circle)
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Yosl Bergner
inscribed in pencil (in Hebrew) l.r.: Yosl Bergner
Accession Number: P90.10-1984
Departments: Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Yosl Bergner, Founder Benefactor, 1984
© Estate of the artist
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Gallery location: Not on display

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