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Painting · Animals · Catalog HV6E9U18
Chaïm Soutine (Russian, 1893–1943) · 1923
The mutilated ray fish in this painting is strung across the top of the canvas, as if tortured or crucified, as its internal organs spill forth. The fish seems to express human anguish, transforming it into a powerful metaphor for suffering. Below the fish is a kettle that seems to twist away from the fish. Chaïm Soutine frequently depicted animal carcasses in his paintings, highlighting their vulnerability and the violence of their deaths. Such paintings may allude to his ow
Bada Shanren (Chinese, 1626–1705)
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