The Witnesses

Conrad Marca-Relli American

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Marca-Relli was a founding member of The Club, the meeting place of the New York Abstract Expressionists. Although he was born in Boston, Marca-Relli visited Italy frequently and thus imbued his work with a refined, European sensibility that is reflected in the materials he used: stained and painted canvas that is cut with a knife. Like other artists in his circle, his abstractions begin with figuration. In this work, one can make out the legs of the “witnesses” seated on a bench.

The Witnesses, Conrad Marca-Relli (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1913–2000 Parma), Painted and cut sections of oil on canvas mounted on canvas

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