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The Artist Project: Roland Flexner

Jun 22, 2015 3 MINUTES

"I think of it as a film noir."

Artist Roland Flexner reflects on Jacques de Gheyn II's "Vanitas Still Life" in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Roland Flexner, born in France in 1944, is an American artist who specializes in drawings.

Roland Flexner (French, born 1944)

Untitled, 2007

Sumi ink on paper; 5 1/2 × 7 in. (14 ×17.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Stephen and Nan Swid Gift, 2010 (2010.434) © Roland Flexner

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