GEORGE MARLER (AUSTRALIAN, 1879 - 1960)
Australia, circa 1925
Gouache on paper, the vertical compositions depicting two inverted museum scenes, the main subject of the first a large framed portrait of a male nude, the muscular man showcasing an exaggerated physique, in the foreground a much smaller woman looking closely at the portrait, the latter painting similar, with a large female nude with a smaller man in the foreground, the dichotomy of image and beholder playing here a double entendre.
Each 53cm x 42.5cm (2)
Sold for £172
GEORGE MARLER (AUSTRALIAN, 1879 - 1960)
Australia, circa 1925
Gouache on paper, the vertical compositions depicting two inverted museum scenes, the main subject of the first a large framed portrait of a male nude, the muscular man showcasing an exaggerated physique, in the foreground a much smaller woman looking closely at the portrait, the latter painting similar, with a large female nude with a smaller man in the foreground, the dichotomy of image and beholder playing here a double entendre.
Each 53cm x 42.5cm (2)
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