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I took some liberties with this one. Some of the rythyms ran a bit contrary to my sense of things; the waves, the radiant lines of the shell, the fabric encircling the figures to the left of venus, as well as aspects of the figures themselves. I proceeded with these changes with no small degree of trepidation. I did so not with the mind of improving something which is certainly not to be improved upon, but with the notion of where such departures might lead...

Pencil on tinted Eggshell

Actual size: aprox. 2 1/4" in height
Framed: 8"x 9" O.D.
$2,750.00



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