Coppelia (2002)

Oil on canvas, 55x35cm

The painting of Coppelia, the eponymous mechanical doll from the ballet, is based on a picture of a 19th century automaton of a magician, which appears (from the evidence in the rest of the photograph) to being doing the old cups and ball trick. The frontal lighting doesn't really fit with the rest of the set.

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