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Phantoms of the Attic
- Date
- 1958
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Period
- Belgrade, burnt umber, 1957 — 1962
An early Belgrade canvas: human figures held in an airless space, worked almost entirely in burnt umber.
The estate’s catalogue raisonné is the authority on titles, dimensions and authenticity — see ljuba.fr.
Belgrade, burnt umber · 1957 — 1962
The Academy years and their aftermath. Figures crowd shallow, airless rooms in a palette narrowed almost to a single earth. Phantoms of the Attic (1958) and The Pilgrims of Emmaus (1960–62) close the period; the second is generally read as its climax.
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