Mixed Media Study for the Allegorical Subject 'Joy Born of Sorrow' (1928)

drawing height: 22.5 cm
drawing width: 14.5 cm
mount height: 42 cm
mount width: 34 cm
frame height: 46 cm
frame width: 38.5 cm

Mixed Media Allegorical Subject 'Joy Born of Sorrow' (1928): a figurative composition featuring a draped figure lying on the glass and above it a nude figure rising to the sky towards the sun with the moon visible in the far distance; produced in watercolour primarily at the top of the composition and tempera at the bottom with visible pencil underdrawing; rich tertiary palette; landscape in the style of Samuel Palmer