Crucifix

A gaunt Christ hangs nailed to a wooden cross, flanked by two crucified nude men roped to bare trees. Below, a soldier in grey tactical gear marked SPQR stands with his back to the viewer, arm raised toward the cross. A kneeling woman in a coral top and green skirt looks up in anguish, a small dog at her feet among leafless trees and a streaked pink sky.

Ink contour lines, cross-hatched and jagged, are washed with muted ochre, flesh and grey-blue watercolor, leaving bare paper for light. The distorted anatomy and raw brushwork give the figures an anguished, expressionist intensity, while the anachronistic modern soldier among ancient executions lends the scene a disquieting, contemporary edge.