Escape

Escape — Kálmán Kubinyi. 1935.

Medium: aquatint and engraving. Dimensions: Plate: 23.5 x 18.5 cm (9 1/4 x 7 5/16 in.).

Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

This dreamlike work combines music, dance, history, and modernity into a surreal collage. The central figure poses with castanets, while the swirling instrument to their left represents a mandolin, a recurring theme in Kubinyi’s work. The airplane gliding overhead and tall structures resembling skyscrapers evoke the Machine Age. Meanwhile, the head of a sculpture may reference antiquity. Combined, they suggest art’s ability to transcend, or escape, the march of time.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.