Man and cactus composition - Telloglion Museum

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Man and cactus composition

Artist

Kopsidis, Rallis (1929 - 2010)

Date

1973

Technique

Linocut

Dimensions

32 x 24,5 cm

Provenance

Δωρεά Ράλλη Κοψίδη

Object Number

2001.511

Description

At the base of the representation is depicted a thorny plant (thistle or cactus) and above a human figure from the waist up. She wears a hat and her hair reaches to the height of her ears. It has strongly stylized features. She holds her hands open up to the height of her ears and has her palms open upwards. In the spaces created between the hands and the head there are geometric patterns. The composition is black and white.

Keywords

20th century
Flowers
Greek artists
Human figures
Modern Greek Art
Nature
Tradition

Works of Art

Self-portrait

Kopsidis, Rallis (1929 - 2010)

1999.776

Female figure

Kopsidis, Rallis (1929 - 2010)

1999.920

Landscape

Kopsidis, Rallis (1929 - 2010)

2001.433

“House in Plaka”

Kopsidis, Rallis (1929 - 2010)

2001.434

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History & Art Archives

Andreadi Efi (20th century) ; Τατιάνα Βολανάκη-Ραϊση (1946) ; Kopsidis, Rallis (1929 - 2010) ; Nikiforos Lytras (1832 - 1904) ; Νερίνα Λυμπεροπούλου (1942 - 2003) ; Davou, Bia (1932 - 1996)

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