Adolf

Another one from the old stock ca. 1994-95. A pencil sketch of Adolf Hitler.


Don't recall the source of the photo or picture from which I reproduced it. Probably it was a photo in a history book - either Kaanitkar's "NAzi BhasmAsurAcha  UdayAsta" or Shirer's "Rise and fall of the Third Reich".


This one - for a change - was pencil on canvas. I had a piece of canvas left out after a painting and wanted to try the experience of pencil shading on canvas.  Had to use HB grade obviously because canvas wouldn't absorb graphite. So any softer pencil like even 2B would have caused a lot of unintentional smudging and blurring during the handling of the picture. (Even this one has been carefully preserved with a butter paper covering.)


Size: ~15" x 12"


Cheers,
M.