Tsuga

Graphite Pencil Drawing on Hot Press Paper, 9 x 12 in. / 22.5 x 30.5 cm.

Original, mounted on board.

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Based on a remnant of a sculpture, most likely a Roman copy of an earlier Greek bronze sculpture, part of a group known as "The Invitation to Dance."

Torso of a Dancing Faun, 1st century, is the remnant of a marble faun. This torso exemplifies the beauty and high level of realism that the Greeks and Romans sought in their representations of the human form.