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A human head dissected: "In memoriam". Acrylic painting by R. Ennis, 2001. The painting was painted as a memorial to a friend of the painter who had died of squamous cell carcinoma, manifested in cancer first of the lip and subsequently of much of the face. Rather than paint a traditional memento mori, the artist decided to create something more positive: an anatomical tribute to the complexity and beauty of the human head. For the anatomical details the artist based his composition on small wax models at La Specola in Florence, while also consulting a pathologist and a surgeon about the layering of the various organs crammed together into the head.
Creator
- Richard. Ennis
Type of item
- Acrylic paintings
Creator
- Richard. Ennis
Type of item
- Acrylic paintings
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Source
- L0074866
Identifier
- L0074866
- b2016203
- Iconographic Collection 2016203i
- ry3wdq7z
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:29:20.739Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:29:20.739Z