For The Vision of Fear, in addition to engraving a large copper plate with a burin and an electric drill, Gabor Peterdi placed four smaller engraved plates, each inked a different color, atop the large plate and ran them through the press together, producing a composite print. In the finished print, the locations of the smaller plates are evident not only by their distinct coloration but also by their embossed outlines. The subject matter is based on Peterdi’s wartime experience. “My basic idea,” he said, “was to create an oppressive, enervating image haunted by fearful symbols of destruction. I tried to express a composite feeling of flying with deadly birds and watching them from below.”