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1970-s styled tempera and gouache graphic illustration to Brecht's "The Threepenny Opera": view slightly from top on grotesque mob of caricatured beggars in 1920s tattered clothes singing at London street, slender young man in wide hat and black costume with bright knife in hand hiding at gateway-arch-shadows, sundown in red; in style of Eyvind Earle toon art
A gothic, art nouveau, detailed illustration features a darkly stylized London cityscape at twilight, silhouetted against a dramatic red sky and a low-hanging full moon. In the foreground, a diverse ensemble of poor, dishevelled, big-nosed, wide-mouthed characters, includes a fat man in a black hat, a woman with a blue headscarf, and several children, are singing together, accompanied by an accordion player. They cluster around a tall streetlamp, with one man holding sheet music for "The Threepenny Opera." To the right, a sinister figure with an aristocratic appearance, dressed in all black with a wide-brimmed black hat, holding a shiny knife, emerges from a dark archway, and menacingly observes the group. In the background a large body of water, boats, and the distant dome of St. Paul's Cathedral and other spire-topped buildings are visible. The overall mood is ominous, tense, and mysterious.
