CortègeBegun November 2012; completed September 2013India ink and graphite on Arches paper22 x 30 in
CortègeBegun November 2012; completed September 2013India ink and graphite on Arches paper22 x 30 in.A procession of shrouded figures moves through (and is simultaneously embedded) in a subterranean world. Inspired by Biagio Marini’s Passacaglia (early 17th-century), a serious theme composed of a stable base with harmonic variations.Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and ne'er continueth in one stay.Lyrics from Henry Purcell’s Funeral Sentences for the Death of Queen Mary (1695).View other drawings from this series -- source link
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