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- Feb 18, 2016
Vanitas. Diptych
Vorotilov Andrey- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 170 × 100 cm
- Year
- 2016
A human skull rests on white cloth against a near-black backdrop, with a short red inscription in an unfamiliar alphabet above it.
- Style
- Realism
- Mood
- Somber
- Themes
- Still Life
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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
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Refund after inspection, excluding shipping fees
About this work
A bleached human skull, turned to show its profile and empty eye sockets, lies on a plain white cloth that fills the lower third of the composition. Behind it a deep black field occupies most of the canvas, broken only by a short line of red lettering in a non-Latin script set high in the upper right corner.
The skull is modeled in ochre, olive and ivory tones built up with visible knife and brush strokes, catching a soft raking light that models its ridges and cavities against the surrounding darkness. The stark contrast between the pale bone, white cloth and near-black ground gives the still life a somber, meditative mood.
