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Fanny - Rise, Fight and You Will Live Forever
Commissioned work
Mixed media on canvas

Collection Tracce di Mondi

Fanny - Rise, Fight and You Will Live Forever

Mixed media on canvas · 80 × 80 cm

Fanny is a close-up portrait, the wide hat framing her gaze. Behind her, a stylised jukebox bursts into a mosaic of reliefs and dots, like the lights of the old dance halls; inside it runs the French line relève-toi, bat…

Technique
Mixed media on canvas
Dimensions
80 × 80 cm
Year
2013
Edition
Unique piece
Support
Canvas

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Work in progress

From pencil to the delivery crate

Fanny's portrait begins in pencil, then takes on the purple ground, the rainbow of the jukebox, the face and the hat. Up close the details, and finally the frame and the delivery crate.

The pencil drawing on the canvas: Fanny in her hat and the jukebox
The purple background and the first golden details of the jukebox
The rainbow and the jukebox in colour, the face just begun
The face and the brown hair
The black hat with its ribbon and the purple flower
The hair takes on copper glints
Light and shadow on the face and hat
The finished, signed work
Detail of the portrait of Fanny: the eyes and the brim of the black hat with micro-beads
Detail of Fanny: the painted purple hibiscus beside the lips
Close-up detail of Fanny: green and purple micro-beads and gold leaf on the background
The finished work in its black frame
Fanny in its delivery crate, with the artist's cards
Davide Cristofaro with the work Fanny and his dog
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The work in your home

Every work is made to live in a space. Here is an idea of how Fanny - Rise, Fight and You Will Live Forever can change a room.

The works Fanny and Laure hung above a tufted sofa, with a crystal chandelier and colourful cushions
What they say about me

What they say about this work

  • «I cannot separate the person from his works: he is one single whole of enthusiasm, colour and joy. […] His dotted technique is quite unique!»
    Portrait of Manu BrambattiManu BrambattiFashion designer and illustrator, former designer for Gianni Versace, Salvatore Ferragamo and Gian Marco VenturiRead the full text
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