Studio Interior with Chairs and Flowers
1979 - Present
Description
An interior still life arranged around a tabletop, flanked by two rush-seated wooden chairs set one to each side of the frame. A red and orange checkered cloth covers the table, which holds a striped pitcher or vase, a white ceramic vessel of flowering plants, a loaded palette with brushes, and scattered floral elements. Above and behind, a window opens onto pale blue sky, and a small framed landscape hangs nearby. Spatial perspective is deliberately flattened and compressed.
Color is bold and non-naturalistic: vibrant cobalt and bright blue across the walls and background, warm ochre, burnt sienna, and terracotta in the earth passages, vivid red and orange in the cloth, and pale sky blue and cream at the window. Deep black outlines define the forms and white touches provide highlights. Paint is applied gesturally with clearly visible strokes and impasto in the flowers and still-life objects, over a canvas that carries evident accumulated layers. The presence of the palette and brushes within the composition marks this as a studio subject. The handling is Expressionist-Modern with Post-Impressionist inflection.
No signature, date, or inscription is legible in the archival photograph.
Cataloguing note: Provisional descriptive title assigned during archival restructuring. This work was previously filed as a detail shot of Gaza Fish. It contains no marine motif; series attribution requires review. Medium, dimensions, and date are unverified.
Preservation Notes
Canvas shows accumulated paint layers with impasto in the floral passages; monitor for cracking or cleavage in the thickest areas. Medium inferred from archival photograph only. Separated from the Gaza Fish gallery during the September 2026 restructuring.