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Original artwork description:
Ink drawing on cardboard that represents an unprecedented moment that precedes a historical reenactment: a figurant in the appearance of the contrada who performs a superstitious gesture prior to the running of the Palio. It is the jockey who, with the testimony of his horse, bites the whip that he will brandish in the fateful race.
Materials used:
Ink on cardboard
Tags:
#horse #portraits #made in italy #jockey #historical reenactment #steed #knightly tournament #superstition #backbone #scaramancyBEFORE THE RACE (2017) Ink drawing
by Paola Imposimato
1 Artist Reviews
£331.22
- Ink drawing on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 33 x 48 x 0.1cm (unframed) / 33 x 48cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
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Original artwork description
Ink drawing on cardboard that represents an unprecedented moment that precedes a historical reenactment: a figurant in the appearance of the contrada who performs a superstitious gesture prior to the running of the Palio. It is the jockey who, with the testimony of his horse, bites the whip that he will brandish in the fateful race.
Materials used:
Ink on cardboard
Tags:
#horse #portraits #made in italy #jockey #historical reenactment #steed #knightly tournament #superstition #backbone #scaramancy
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Artist Reviews (1)
Paola Imposimato
Italy
About
My artistic style is supported by a solid figurative base also coming from the study of Greco-Roman art, but I have completely interpreted it in a contemporary key, ranging from... Read more