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Split Chestnut Burr Ink Drawing

A detailed ink drawing of a split chestnut burr revealing a single glossy nut, centered within a square frame on textured paper.

A sweet chestnut burr split into four with one glossy nut showing, low autumn light, the spines drawn as thousands of fine radiating lines, the shell hatched in tight curves, bare paper left for its highlight, stippled shadow inside the husk, ink on paper, the work filling the frame flat and square-on See more

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