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"Miner and Canary"
Koryashkin Alexander- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
- 16 × 13 cm
- Year
- 2021
A coal miner in overalls and a lamp-fitted helmet sits in a timbered shaft beside a caged canary, under the words "Memento Mori."
- Style
- Realism
- Mood
- Somber
- Themes
- Genre Scene · Men · Birds
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About this work
A miner sits inside a timber-shored tunnel, wearing overalls, suspenders and a helmet fitted with a small lamp, holding a tool loosely in one hand. Mounted on the wooden support beside him is a metal-framed box housing a canary in its cage; lettered across the upper corner are the words 'MEMENTO MORI'.
Dense cross-hatching builds the grain of the pit props and the deep shadow of the tunnel, set against the miner's weathered, closely observed face and hands; the tonal contrast is heavy and somber. The caged bird beside the lamp gives the quiet scene an undertone of watchfulness and mortality.
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