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Percy John Delf Smith — Dance of Death
Percy John Delf Smith

Dance of Death

1919

Created in the aftermath of World War I, this etching series reflects the period's preoccupation with mortality and the omnipresence of death in European consciousness.

Medium
etching

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Percy John Delf Smith, Dance of Death, 1919

Created in the aftermath of World War I, this etching series reflects the period's preoccupation with mortality and the omnipresence of death in European consciousness.

Medium
etching
Year
1919
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Dark, Monochrome, 20th Century, Symbolic, Figure, Expressionism, Etching, Post-War, Allegorical, British

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