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

Dance of Death: Death Forbids

1919

Drawing from centuries-old Dance of Death iconography, the etching portrays death as an authoritative figure imposing boundaries on human ambition and desire.

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etching

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Percy John Delf Smith, Dance of Death: Death Forbids, 1919

Drawing from centuries-old Dance of Death iconography, the etching portrays death as an authoritative figure imposing boundaries on human ambition and desire.

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

Related themes

Dark, Monochrome, Symbolic, Death Theme, Etching, Early Twentieth Century, Allegorical, Modern, British, Figurative

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