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Miners, Albert Decaris — Miners, 1927
Albert Decaris
Engraving
Gift of the Print and Drawing Council 2000.128
Not on View
Decaris's masterful engraving of miners at work serves as an elaborate stage for exploring various poses of the human body in action. The nearly naked miners are posed in incongruous positions within a frieze-like triptych design that emphasize their musculature. The figurative composition recalls Pollaiuolo's famous 1465 engraving Battle of the Naked Men, which like the present print, studies the human body in action

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Title: Miners
Dated: 1927
Artist: Albert Decaris
Nationality: French
Artist Life: 1901 - 1988
Role: Maker
Gallery: Not on View
Department: European Art
Dimension: 13 3/4 x 40 1/4in. (34.9 x 102.2cm)16 5/8 x 43 3/4 in. (42.23 x 111.13 cm) (sheet)
Credit: Gift of the Print and Drawing Council
Accession Number: 2000.128
Medium: Engraving
Country: France
Century: 20th century
Rights: © Albert Decaris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
In Copyright
Classification: Prints
Object Name: Print
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