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Chest -1- Study for a sculpture || Study for a sculpture

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Male torso study. Alex Mylona realistically depicts a naked male torso, most likely a drawing for the "Kouros" series of works, for which Mylona has executed multiple versions. Here the rendering is realistic, referring to ancient Greek statues of the classical period. On the reverse of the sheet a second study of a nude torso.
Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus
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Title: Chest -1- Study for a sculpture || Study for a sculpture
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Male torso study.
Alex Mylona realistically depicts a naked male torso, most likely a drawing for the "Kouros" series of works, for which Mylona has executed multiple versions.
Here the rendering is realistic, referring to ancient Greek statues of the classical period.
On the reverse of the sheet a second study of a nude torso.

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