Figures on a Beach
Alexandre Sache GarbellÂ
1947
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FIGURES ON A BEACH
ALEXANDRE SACHA GARBELL
ABSTRACT FIGURATION, 1947
Oil painting on canvas mounted on Masonite
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Figures on a Beach. Self-explanatory? ...or is it?
Size: 25.0 x 21 in; 63.5 x 53.34 cm
Signed: Signed, inscribed, and dated, recto lower right
Largely monochromatic and playing (and having fun) with the classical Renaissance rules of realist perfection and atmospheric illusion, Garbell presents a contrarian view, democratically equalizing both elements by using only block figures with equal sharpness (and ironically, equivalent ambiguities), and only the suggestion of fore-, middle and background perspective remains by the figures’ relative size differences, suggesting that, unlike virtually everywhere else in everyday experience, the beach is a melting pot where people of all walks of life meet, no matter what their station in life.
Creator: Alexandre Sacha Garbell
Creation Year: 1947
Dimensions: 25.0 x 21 in
Medium: Oil painting on canvas mounted on Masonite
Movement/Style: Mid-20th Century Modern
Period: 1947
Condition: Very Good