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- Mar 31, 2015
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Shumkin Anatoly- Technique
- Ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 135 × 105 cm
- Year
- 2015
Close-up ink wash portrait of a weathered elderly man with tangled hair and a long beard, rendered in bold dark strokes.
- Style
- Graphic
- Mood
- Somber
- Themes
- Portrait · Men
Purchase & delivery
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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
The sheet is filled with a tight close-up of an elderly man's head, his brow furrowed and eyes narrowed beneath heavy dark lids. Wild strands of tangled hair frame the face on both sides and continue into a long beard that trails down toward the lower edge of the paper, giving the figure a stern, weathered presence.
Executed almost entirely in black ink over bare cream paper, the drawing relies on broad, dripping strokes and dry-brush hatching rather than fine outline, leaving raw drips and pooled ink caught in the beard. The stark contrast between untouched paper and dense black passages gives the head a rough, urgent energy, reading as a study of age and character.
