ARTIST: Alfred RETH (1884–1966)

DATE: circa 1949

TECHNIQUE(S): Mixed media on panel

DIMENSIONS: 25.5 x 24.5 in

SIGNATURE: Stamp at the bottom center

ABOUT: This painting is very characteristic of Reth’s art of the 1950s, by its geometrism, the attention paid to matter, and to the effects of juxtaposition. With boldness, he stages a ballet of forms, organized around two circles placed in a vertical axis. This verticality is softened by the obliques that are drawn on the canvas, from bottom to top. The painting thus offers a multidimensional surface, exploring the harmony of the materials.