Untitled

Untitled

Ismael Nery

1927

gouache

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This painting shows three figures standing close together. The person on the left has a mustache and a skeleton for a body. The middle figure is a woman in a white dress with a red patch on her chest. The person on the right has red hair and holds a black cat. On the ground, there’s a comb, scissors, and a few colored dots. The artist used flat colors and simple shapes to create a strange, dreamlike scene. The figures look stiff and slightly off, like they’re not quite real. Next, check out gouache to see how this medium works.

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