Agnes Denes
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Introspection I--Evolution, 1968-71
Monoprint, 41-1/2 x 17 feet
Collection of George Washington Library Center,
Chicago, Illinois


Portrays evolutionary developments from the Psychozoic Era and the separation of man and ape to the development of intelligence and the beginnings of knowledge, science, and art.

Investigations: comparative anatomy, genetics, physics, biology, cytology, heredity, anatomy, mutation, environmental awareness, geneaology, cartography, communication, astronomy, time studies, linguistics, x-ray technology, time measurements, and art.

© 1972 Agnes Denes
Introspection II--Machines, Tools & Weapons, 1972
Monoprint, 39-1/2 x 21 feet


Maps the growth of technology through the ages from the first manmade tools to the technical sophistication of the twentieth century and concludes with the bomb and the Human Hang-Up Machine (1969).