Composizione Paesaggio Dada n. 3 o n. 2 — Fine Art

The picture shows a Dada landscape built from rough colour patches and thin black lines. Composizione Paesaggio Dada n. 3 o n. 2 - 1921 follows a measured but unsettled layout of flat shapes over a pale ground. The work sits inside the artist wider practice of mixing graphic marks with landscape forms.

A fine art print set in a frame with a back panel keeps the flat colour fields and the thin lines clear without shine. The back panel gives the object a steady edge when you lean it against a wall.

It works on a stair landing with a narrow lamp that throws warm light on the pale ground. From the top step you see the big colour blocks, lower down you notice the thin black lines.