Lucky Duck Painting

Lucky Duck is a Pop opera that ironically refers to the timeless Disney character, Scrooge McDuck. Known for his incalculable wealth as well as his greed, he represents the American myth of the man who has made his fortune on his own merits. In this painting his absolute richness is immediately rendered by the gold-coloured metallic acrylic of the background. The elegant figure of the richest Duck in the world, leaning on his cane, stands out vividly against this uniform gold, thanks to the consistent white of his real feathers and the bright colours of his clothes: a dark red tie stands out from the purple jacket, fastened at the waist by a gold belt studded with diamonds. The famous gaiters, here in delicate fuchsia, cannot be missing. Lucky Duck, the garment surmounted by an elegant black top hat with a gold ribbon, looks at us with a witty gaze, as if pleased with his elegance and possessions. The voluminous jute sacks in the foreground, studded with precious stones, are unable to contain the immense amount of real paper money, which overflows, sliding at the protagonist's feet. The Duck's enormous wealth is accentuated by the banknotes that break up in the background, forming geometries by which they seem to multiply infinitely. However, the money is Monopoly money, so the exaltation of Uncle Scrooge's wealth melts into an ironic and playful smile. This work manifests the great manual skill of the artist, who engages in the composition of real materials to give us, in a fine divertissement, the three-dimensional presence of the character. In particular, note the extreme meticulousness of the combination of feathers, worked one by one to give tangible and real shape to the mythical Duck, who comes out of the sphere of childhood memories to materialize before us in the fullness of his volume and his material appearance. Text by Caterina Majocchi, Art Advisor

Painting:Fabric on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:31.4 W x 39.3 H x 1.5 D in

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