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- 4,599
- Added
- Mar 16, 2017
A time
Shumkin Anatoly- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 110 × 90 cm
- Year
- 2017
An elderly bald man with a white beard sits bare-chested, hands clasped, lit starkly against a dark textured wall.
- Style
- Realism
- Mood
- Somber
- Themes
- Portrait · Men
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- Payment
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- Shipping
Economy: ~1 month
EMS: 7–10 days
- Packing
Over 100 cm: rolled in a tube
Smaller works: boxed canvas
- Returns
7-day return
Refund after inspection, excluding shipping fees
About this work
An elderly man with a bald head and full white beard is seated with his bare, thin torso exposed, arms folded and hands clasped together in his lap. He turns his head down and to one side, his weathered face and stooped posture suggesting age and fatigue, set against a rough, mottled wall lit from the left.
Warm ochre and burnt-sienna tones model the skin against a near-black ground on the right, while the wall behind is scraped and textured in pale greys and browns. Strong directional light picks out the bald head, beard, and ribs, leaving the lower body in deep shadow. The heavy contrast and downcast pose give the picture a somber, weary mood.
