Accession Number
2012/1.228

Title
Death in the Family

Artist(s)
Eli Levin

Medium & Support
graphite and watercolor on paper

Dimensions
11 1/4 in. x 8 1/8 in. ( 28.58 cm x 20.64 cm )

Credit Line
Gift of Stephen and Bettina Pollock

Physical Description
Scene of three nude people (two women, one man) and a skeleton in a room next to a bathroom that is sketched on the left hand side of the scene. The skeleton is wrapping itself around the younger woman while the older woman, in darker and more opaque colors tries to free her. The man in the back is depicted as much smaller and week, lagging behind.

Primary Object Classification
Drawing

Primary Object Type
study

Rights
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Keywords
nudes (representations)
skeletons (animal components)