E O W on Her Blue Eiderdown III — Fine Art

E O W on Her Blue Eiderdown III shows a figure wrapped in a blue cover. Frank Auerbach builds the image with thick layers of paint and scraped marks. The surface holds ridges and gaps where the paint was worked and removed.

You get the fine art print with a hanger already on the back. You see the figure through the build-up rather than through a clean outline. This is a painted portrait study from his long practice of working and reworking a surface. The print hangs on a bedroom wall above a low bed.

A soft lamp from the side brings out the painted ridges and the blue tone without glare. The dark frame rests against a pale wall beside a wooden chair. You notice the layered marks each time you pass the bed.