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- Feb 9, 2020
7 deadly sins
Stroganov Leonid- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
- 29 × 17 cm
- Year
- 2020
A horned, gaping-jawed beast looms over a rearing horse while bound, tormented nude figures sprawl across a checkered tiled floor.
- Style
- Surrealism
- Mood
- Dramatic
- Themes
- Fantasy · Figurative · Horse · Nude
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- Packing
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About this work
A monstrous horned creature with a wolf-like snarling head rises in the dark background directly behind a rearing horse. Below, two nude figures are bound and suspended upside down over the horse's hindquarters, one clutching a bowl to his mouth; nearby a hooded, hunched man and a small robed figure perched on a stool occupy the center, while at right a bell-costumed jester and a long-haired nude woman stand together. The scene unfolds on a diamond-tiled floor, with an ex-libris roundel and Russian inscription reading "7 deadly sins" printed beneath the image.
Dense, meticulous cross-hatching in black ink builds deep, velvety shadows against stark white highlights, with every fold of skin, fur, and drapery rendered in fine needle-line texture. The crowded, claustrophobic arrangement and distorted anatomy give the etching a nightmarish, Bosch-like density and a dramatic, unsettling charge.
