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- Added
- May 12, 2016
Harlequin I
Blokhin Nikolay- Technique
- Mixed media on paper
- Dimensions
- 50 × 70 cm
- Year
- 2016
A mustached man in a black jester's cap trimmed with bells plays a harmonica, rendered in charcoal and white chalk on toned paper.
- Style
- Academic
- Mood
- Playful
- Themes
- Men · Portrait · Music
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- Shipping
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EMS: 7–10 days
- Packing
Over 100 cm: rolled in a tube
Smaller works: boxed canvas
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Refund after inspection, excluding shipping fees
About this work
A man's head and shoulders fill the sheet, topped by a floppy black jester's cap with two points hung with small bells. He raises both hands to his mouth, playing a harmonica, his eyes narrowed and mustache curling above the instrument in a moment of concentrated play.
Worked in black charcoal with white chalk highlights on sage-toned paper, the drawing models the face and hands with dense, blended shading while leaving looser, sketchy pencil lines visible around the cap and shoulders. The contrast of soft modeling and unfinished contour gives the study an alert, playful character.
