Désert — Fine Art

Désert - 1962 shows a wide field with sand tones and a few dark marks that suggest distance. The shapes spread out across the sheet and the eye rests on the open area. A fine art print keeps the flat colour areas clear and the space between them steady.

The white frame gives the picture a clean line on the wall. The frame edge holds the pale ground together and the marks of Charles Lapicque stay separated from the room around them. You see the work as a single flat field rather than a loose patch of paint.

It reads well on a kitchen wall above the counter where the morning light falls on the pale ground. From the table you notice the broad colour plane and the small darker marks that sit apart from each other.