Title:
Deathly
Seduction
Year
Created: 2005
Medium: Painting - Oil on stretched canvas
Width: 1,200 mm
Height: 600 mm
Price - Original: £ Sold
Price - Print: £69 - 600 mm H x 1,200 mm W.
£49 - 300 mm H x 600 mm W.
The 'Open Edition Artist's Prints' are produced by myself 'on demand' using my professional Epson Stylus Pro 7880 wide format printer on the highest quality Epson 350gsm heavyweight Premium Satin poly/cotton (65/35) water resistant art canvas at a high definition 2880 x 1440 dpi and using UV resistant 9 colour 100% pigmented inks guaranteed lightfast for 75 years. This canvas has a glossy surface and may be stretched for framing if required. I can also print on heavyweight Hahnemühle (or equal) fine art paper if required and subject to the quantity of prints. Each print is individually reproduced, QC examined and passed by myself to authenticate its origin and verify its quality. Please see the Originals & Prints page for further details. Print prices are uniform, depending only upon size. Although all artwork is shown in my galleries in the colours created, I can produce prints in black & white should this be preferred. Please contact me for details. They are generally supplied unframed to save on shipping costs, though frames can be provided at an extra cost if required.
Description:
Produced in cooperation with Marc Haegeman (Thanks Marc).
"Uliana Lopatkina is a gift from God", said Vadim Gayevsi in Channel 4’s documentary ‘Dancing for Dollars’... Principal Dancer with the Mariinski Theatre's Kirov Ballet, her ethereal figure and outstretched arm, reaches with a sense of sadness, seduced by death, searching for the impending doom as the woman in white in her emotive rendition of Balanchine's gripping La Valse, one of his most innovative and vibrant ballets...
Both the ballerina and the plain black background are painted entirely with a knife. A high level of contrast is provided and the colours made extremely rich, bold and lustrous, thus creating a very contemporary feel overall.
It's a very large, very dramatic, emotive, moody and atmospheric figurative ballet painting that would not look out of place as a feature in a lounge, study, office, music room, conservatory, bedroom, hall, landing or similar room and be a focal point to be proud of.
See the image below of this artwork (Thanks Patrick) to get an idea of how it looks when framed and hung in the customer's home.
Contact myself for more information about this beautiful work of art, or if you would like to purchase a print. Obviously, the quality of the original painting and prints is much better than displayed here, though if you wish to make a closer inspection, please let me know of any specific area you're interested in and I'll e mail a higher resolution image to you.
Please see the below image of the beautifully framed original kindly sent by the collector (Thanks Patrick)
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