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- 104
- Added
- Feb 9, 2020
Petrarka
Stroganov Leonid- Technique
- Etching
- Dimensions
- 23 × 12 cm
- Year
- 2020
An old bearded man's profile holds two full-blown roses while gazing toward a nude embracing couple beneath a distant mountain and moon.
- Style
- Surrealism
- Mood
- Melancholic
- Themes
- Figurative · Floral · Nude · Portrait
Purchase & delivery
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- Payment
PayPal, bank transfer, and Paysend are accepted.
- 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
At left, an elderly bearded man is shown in profile, his lined face turned as he raises two blooming roses between his fingers. At right, a nude man and woman stand in a close embrace, her head bowed against his shoulder, set before a single mountain peak beneath a pale round moon and streaked clouds. The image sits within a shield-shaped etched plate, with an ex-libris scroll and lettering below it.
Fine engraved hatching creates soft gradations from the pale sky to the man's deeply furrowed skin, and the crisply detailed foreground portrait contrasts with the smaller, softer-modeled background figures. The quiet juxtaposition of aged longing and youthful embrace gives the print a wistful, melancholic tone.
