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Concept

Sadness

Images

  • A woman's head, expressive of sublime compassion. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • A wretched man with an approaching depression; represented by encroaching little devils. Coloured lithograph, 183-.
  • Six faces expressing the human passions: (clockwise from top left) scorn, laughter, acute pain, desire, anger, sadness. Coloured etching, c. 1800, after C. Le Brun.
  • A part happy, part sad face split in two by jagged wooden planks with Japanese lettering; a Japanese AIDS prevention advertisement. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Two outlines of faces expressing joy (left) and the movement of the face in sadness (right). Etching by B. Picart, 1713, after C. Le Brun.
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Catalogue

    • Books

    A sad thing on your shoulder.

    Pyle, Kirby | Date: [2015]
    • Books

    Getting by / Sad Ghost Club.

    Sad Ghost Club | Date: 2016
    • Books

    Little Unicorn is sad / Aurélie Chien Chow Chine ; translation by Philippa Wingate.

    Chien Chow Chine, Aurélie | Date: 2019
    • Books

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    Charlie Makes Zines | Date: [20??]
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A woman whose face expresses sadness. Crayon manner print by W. Hebert, c. 1770, after C. Le Brun.

    Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690. | Reference: 32542i
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