The Moment of Birth
Alfred Kubin
(Austrian, 1877 - 1959)
The Moment of Birth
Date1903
Mediumfacsimile print
Dimensionsimage: 17 5/16 × 13 3/8 in. (44 × 34 cm)
ClassificationPRINTS
Credit LineSBMA, Museum Purchase, Alfred Moir Endowment Fund
Object number2022.2.8
Collection
- European
Sub-Collection(s)
- Expressionism
- Symbolism
On View
Not on viewLabel Text
Kubin pictures the act of birth as an unfeeling accident of organic forces, represented by an immense crab, who literally flings us into the cruel world from the undifferentiated sea of life. The implication, as the creature stares deliberately away, is our helplessness as we are left to navigate existence without guidance.
