A monochrome ink illustration on a white ground depicting the musician Elvis Presley. The subject is portrayed in his youth, shown in a three-quarter length seated pose while playing a large acoustic guitar. The artist has utilised a high-contrast graphic style, employing bold black outlines and dense cross-hatching to define shadows and volume on the subject’s shirt, face, and the guitar body. The signature and date are located in the lower right-hand corner, applied in black ink. The characters are clearly legible as SANDOVALOREN followed by a full stop and the numerals 2012. The work is executed in a contemporary style that references 1950s aesthetic tropes, focusing on the intense expression of the subject and the dynamic positioning of the hands on the instrument.
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