
*Standing Man Posing with a Bird, a Dog and a Cobra*

Drawn with graphite pencils; 27.7 x 42 cms.
Drawn with graphite pencils and ink; 21 x 29.7 cms.
Drawn with graphite pencils on watercolour paper; 29.7 x 42 cms.
This pose is also sometimes known as the “Flandrin” pose after the famous painting *Nude Young Man Sitting at the Sea Shore* (1836) by J-H Flandrin. The pose was also much used by William Blake but usually viewed from in front to denote emotions such as despair and hopelessness.