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Maxfield Parrish

Alarums and Excursions

1899
brush and black and gray wash, with white gouache, over graphite, framing lines in pen and black ink

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Parrish employs a technique called sgraffito (“to scratch”) on the serpent’s tongue, producing its mottled texture by scraping away the upper layer of paper.

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