Antique myths in seventeen engravings by Dmitry Margolin

A heavyset nude woman sits against a tree trunk cradling a baby at her breast, a second small child reaching up beside her. Across from her a horned, goat-legged satyr crouches on rocky ground, one clawed hand braced before him, gazing toward the mother and children under an open sky streaked with clouds.

Dense stippled hatching darkens the tree and satyr's shaggy legs while leaving the woman's flesh in lighter, smoother tone, separating the human and hybrid figures visually. The quiet, watchful pose of the satyr against the domestic tenderness of the nursing mother gives the etching an unsettled, watchful calm.