Composition

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Composition in grey and off-white loosely based on a figurative scene; it is perhaps best described as being inspired by a figurative scene. An inverted triangle rests with its tip balancing on another upright triangle in front of a network of straight, black lines. These triangles loosely resemble a simplified version of the human form. Two boxed-off sections to the lower-centre of the image encase grid-like structures, one with black lines and one in black with filled lime green and red sections. This composition is contained within a squashed rectangle shape. The background is in purple with a dark aubergine-coloured rectangle to the right, and a light grey smaller rectangle to the left. The paint is thickly applied (often called impasto) and the style of painting is distinctly cubist.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Composition

Date

1925–1949

Medium

oil & sand on canvas

Measurements

H 99.3 x W 87 cm

Accession number

1960.215

Acquisition method

purchased from the Waddington Galleries, 1960

Work type

Painting

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