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The theme prevalent in this painting is that of memento mori. Made from preparatory sketches by the artist at the mortuary where his mother’s body was taken, the sketches are affixed to the rear of the wood panel. The sketches, about four or five inches on a side, are made on yellow notepad paper. At the mortuary, Lenkiewicz found his mother Alice’s body wrapped in a shroud, her jaw secured with a bandage wrapped around her head, which he drew from three different points of view. On opening the shroud, he discovered that her toes had been tied together with string. Lenkiewicz later painted this scene in a notebook inscribed on the spine 'Self-Portrait/Death Bed', its overarching theme being Et in Arcadia ego (I, Death, am in Arcadia also).
The Lenkiewicz Foundation
Plymouth
Title
Study of the Painter's Dead Mother
Date
1977
Medium
acrylic on wood panel
Measurements
H 29 x W 21 cm
Accession number
PCF3
Acquisition method
bequeathed by the artist, 2010
Work type
Painting
The Lenkiewicz Foundation
c/o 39 New Street, Barbican, Plymouth, Devon PL1 2NA England
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