Drawing·PNT-00043-17·1921

Sarcophagus

Pencil sketch of a rectangular frame with a row of standing draped figures above a horizontal base
Drawing: Leon Bakst, 1921. PNT-00043-17. "Sarcophagus". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

Description

The drawing is in light pencil on a textured, buff-coloured sheet. Upright lines frame a horizontal band, and along it stands a row of slender figures with draped garments and simplified heads. Below them a long base line and short side forms suggest a raised block or ledge. The sketch is loose and incomplete.

English

A faint pencil sketch on paper shows a rectangular frame enclosing a row of standing, draped figures above a horizontal base, with upright sides at either end. The outlines are loose and partly unfinished.