J. P. - EASTER AND THE TOTEM - 1953 - Abstract - Canvas Print
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------J. P. (American, 1912-1956) - EASTER AND THE TOTEM - 1953 - Abstract Expressionism, Abstraction, Figurative - 𝑯𝒊-𝑹𝒆𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 --------------------- "𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒎," 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒃𝒚 𝑱. 𝑷. 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟑, 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆, 𝑱. 𝑷. 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔, 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒑𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒚𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒎. 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒅-𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝑱. 𝑷.'𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓. 𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟐, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, "𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒎" 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝑱. 𝑷.'𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒔𝒊-𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑱. 𝑷.'𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒊 𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑱. 𝑷.'𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒆𝒖𝒗𝒓𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒙𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑱. 𝑷.'𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 "𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒎" 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒚. 𝑰𝒏 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝑱. 𝑷. 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅, "𝑰'𝒎 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆." 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒙 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔, 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 "𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒎."
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