Lee Lorenz's color lithograph Ecce Femina (the title is a play on the Latin Ecce Homo, "behold the man," from the Gospel of John) dates from 1982 and was published in an edition of 80. The woman at the center of the composition is Eve; she whom we are asked to behold is herself preoccupied with beholding the woman in her hand mirror. Meanwhile Adam seems ready to take a fall for her, St. George battles his dragon for her, and Pan plays the pipes, presumably in an attempt to get her attention. At the bottom of the composition an unconventional pair of suitors is eager to present her with flowers. The overall effect, though, is lacking in coherence. The colors, judging by the scan, appear unhappily muddy.
Note: This is the fourth and last of the lithographs by Lee Lorenz that I am aware of. The chronological sequence is The Temptation of St. Anthony (1981), Ecce Femina (1982), Weight Watcher (c. 1989), and In the Beginning (1990). If there are any others I've missed, or other states of these four prints, please let me know.
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| Lee Lorenz Ecce Femina Edition of 80, 1982 |
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| https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Ecce-Femina/2CE658EFC1103309 |
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