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PEN & INK DRAWING - FEMALE RECLINED MASKED STEPHEN O'BRIEN

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2022

Overview

Rectangle sheet of white paper, portrait style ink and ink wash black and white still life drawing of a female figure reclined with right arm behind head, left hand across front with hand resting on stomach, knees raised and legs closed together. Mask covering nose, mouth and chin. artist perspective looking down along the reclined figure from right shoulder.
Artist signature bottom right corner.

Historical information

Ink and ink wash still life drawing of a naked female figure by Stephen O'Brien completed on 8 February 2022. In 2022 Western Australia was being impacted by a number of health measures to restrict the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the state.
During February 2022 COVID-19 was slowing spreading through the Western Australian community. State Government mandatory indoor masking and social distancing measures were in place and impacted a everyday life.
The Armadale Life Drawing Group, a part of the Armadale Society of Artists, who Stephen was a member off, met on 8 February 2022 at a hall located at Dale Cottages. All participating artists and the model were required by law to wear a mask when in-doors. This meant the model who normally would be naked was wearing a mask.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2022.30

Material

Ink

Paper

Width

261 mm

Height or length

413 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Signature left [6- Feb / 2022 / Stephen O'Brien]

Keywords

Armadale Life Drawing Group

Armadale Society of Artists

Year

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection of items that tells the story of the creativity and ingenuity of members of the local community in relation to art, design and engineering/construction. The collection relates to expressions of creativity that impacted an individual or small group of people to objects that have been enjoyed around the world.

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