Drawing titled "TAPANULI ORANGUTAN" by Peter Matthews, Original Artwork, Charcoal

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TAPANULI ORANGUTAN (2018) Drawing by Peter Matthews

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Not For Sale

Seller Peter Matthews

Certificate of Authenticity included

This artwork appears in 2 collections

Original Artwork Drawing, Charcoal on Canvas

Artworks classification

Original Artwork

Original Artwork refers to any work that is considered authentic and not a copy or imitation of the original works of an artist. Original artwork can be any type of painting, sculpture, performance, or other media. There are many types of original media. Mixed media includes oil, acrylic, and watercolor paintings. For workshop paintings that bear evidence of master craftsmanship, this attribution must be further qualified. While they may be less valuable for different reasons, reproductions and copies have had a tremendous impact on our experience. They reach a greater audience than originals and act as a tonic against commodification. Original Artwork could also refer to the first work, which is always preceding all others. It could also refer to a prototype or a model from which other works can be made. Each work bears great similarities to the original.
Dimensions Height 59.1in, Width 59.1in
Categories Drawings under $5,000 Hyperrealism

Tapanuli Orangutan. A newly discovered orangutan species, Pongo tapanuliensis is the rarest great ape species on the planet. Until recently it was believed there were only two species of orangutan: the Sumatran and Bornean orangutans, both of which are critically endangered. The new species is found in the isolated Batang Toru forest in Sumatra, Indonesia. [...]

Tapanuli Orangutan
A newly discovered orangutan species, Pongo tapanuliensis is the rarest great ape species on the planet.
Until recently it was believed there were only two species of orangutan: the Sumatran and Bornean orangutans, both of which are critically endangered. The new species is found in the isolated Batang Toru forest in Sumatra, Indonesia. And it’s estimated that there are fewer than 500 individuals left, making it very vulnerable to extinction. The orangutans are threatened by hunting and habitat loss.

At completion of this artwork there were less than 500 Pongo tapanuliensis remaining in the wild.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Charcoal

Drawing made with a branch of Willow or charcoal of charred Europe. It enables to obtain very deep blacks, precise traces, thin or on the contrary very broad, depending on the way it is used.

Hyperrealism

Painting which expresses, by means of representation, external reality in a very realistic way.

Technic Drawing

Drawing is a technique of visual representation on a flat support. The term "drawing" designates both the action of drawing, the resulting graphic work, and the shape of any object. It is also a representation on a surface of the shape (and possibly the light and shadow values) of an object or figure, rather than their color. There are a large number of drawing techniques: “Linear drawing” represents objects by their outlines, edges and some characteristic lines; beyond this limit, the drawing develops by representing the volume by shadows, often by means of hatching, incorporates colors, and joins, without clear transition, the painting.