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The mourning moth (2017) Original Oil Painting by Federico Cortese
44 x 35 x 1cm (unframed)
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Original artwork description
An original piece from the series “Please do not kill butterflies”, pins and oil on thick paper, mounted on a wood panel, 44 x 35 cm, 2017.
Please, all these dead animals ... Of course, not everyone of us can or want become vegetarian. Sure, in some cases, maybe, the medical experimentation needs them to get results. But we really have to kill them for our frivolous activities? ... Is it necessary to have so many pink pigs die in front of a camera? Do we really need to dissect sharks in formaldehyde, to starve stray dogs tied to a chain in the corner of a gallery, or to make innocent ants go crazy in twisted tubes of plexiglas? To make these drawings, no butterfly was killed.
Materials used:
oil on paper
Details:
- Oil painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 44 x 35 x 1cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: Animals and birds
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Original artwork description
An original piece from the series “Please do not kill butterflies”, pins and oil on thick paper, mounted on a wood panel, 44 x 35 cm, 2017.
Please, all these dead animals ... Of course, not everyone of us can or want become vegetarian. Sure, in some cases, maybe, the medical experimentation needs them to get results. But we really have to kill them for our frivolous activities? ... Is it necessary to have so many pink pigs die in front of a camera? Do we really need to dissect sharks in formaldehyde, to starve stray dogs tied to a chain in the corner of a gallery, or to make innocent ants go crazy in twisted tubes of plexiglas? To make these drawings, no butterfly was killed.
Materials used:
oil on paper
Details:
- Oil painting on Paper
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 44 x 35 x 1cm (unframed)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: Animals and birds
Federico Cortese
Italy
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like a mouse in its box. A little mouse safe in its shelter, that passes his time gnawing the
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