A small-scale drawing overlays a fragment of early twentieth-century sheet music, allowing the canine figure to emerge from an existing score. The printed composition is neither erased nor fully subordinated; it remains visible, functioning as both structure and interruption.
The French bulldog is rendered in controlled ink line, its body positioned across musical notation as though resting within rhythm. The title’s reference to an “étude” underscores the work’s exploratory quality — a study in repetition, variation, and restraint.
The aged paper carries temporal weight. Stains, tears, and discoloration operate not as decorative patina but as evidence of prior circulation. Sound, once performed, lingers as trace.
Rather than illustrating music, the drawing inhabits it. The animal becomes a quiet presence within a system of measured time.
The composition does not dramatize.
It listens.
Original artwork by Julia Shilo
12 x 8 ½ in | 30 x 21 cm
13 ½ x 10 in | 34 x 25 cm (framed)
Acrylic, charcoal, ink, collage on paper, frame
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SKU: #13303
$2,000.00Price
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