# The Creation

**Kálmán Kubinyi** (American, 1906–1973)  
before 1927  
woodcut  
Image: 28.5 x 19.1 cm (11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)

Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1927.180. [The museum's record](https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.180).

## About this work

In this woodcut, Kubinyi’s title and the image itself seem intended to evoke religious themes. Rays of light cascade from a dark sky onto a peaceful nude man, transforming the clouds beyond into a representation of the heavens. The man’s confident posture and calm expression suggest a sense of ease, much like the innocence of Adam and Eve from the Christian Bible, whose story the print’s title directly references. The coastal landscape and bountiful plants around the figure similarly evoke a primordial world.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

Kálmán Kubinyi made this (before 1927), aged about 11. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

### How it was made

- **Woodcut.** A relief print. The block is cut away around the lines, so the lines stand up to take the ink, and the sheet is pressed onto them.

### [Kálmán Kubinyi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/kalman-kubinyi)

American, 1906–1973

## Facts

- Type: Print
- Culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland
- The artist was about 11
- Real size: about 11 × 7½ in (29 × 19 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 20th century
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/518/1920.jpg
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- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3

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