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"Moonstruck Pierrot" (2014) Original Pencil Drawing by Raffaella Bertolini
50 x 70 x 0cm (unframed)
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Original artwork description
Pierrot is a stock character of pantomime and Commedia dell'Arte whose origins are in the late seventeenth-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne. His character of as a sad clown,pining for the love of Columbine has been depicted over the centuries in poetry, fiction, the visual arts, as well as works for the stage and screen, from Shakespeare to Picasso.
The title is taken from Arnold Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire” the story of a moonstruck clown, a 20th Century descendant of the classic commedia dell'Arte clown.
Pencil and Markers on 220gsm Bristol Paper (42x60cm)
Materials used:
Pencil, Markers
Details:
- Pencil drawing on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50 x 70 x 0cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Illustrative
- Subject: People and portraits
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Original artwork description
Pierrot is a stock character of pantomime and Commedia dell'Arte whose origins are in the late seventeenth-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne. His character of as a sad clown,pining for the love of Columbine has been depicted over the centuries in poetry, fiction, the visual arts, as well as works for the stage and screen, from Shakespeare to Picasso.
The title is taken from Arnold Schoenberg’s “Pierrot Lunaire” the story of a moonstruck clown, a 20th Century descendant of the classic commedia dell'Arte clown.
Pencil and Markers on 220gsm Bristol Paper (42x60cm)
Materials used:
Pencil, Markers
Details:
- Pencil drawing on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50 x 70 x 0cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Illustrative
- Subject: People and portraits
