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Leon Kossoff — Two seated Figures no.1 (My Parents)
Leon Kossoff

Two seated Figures no.1 (My Parents)

A densely worked oil painting by Leon Kossoff depicting two seated figures, believed to be the artist's parents, rendered with his characteristic thick, heavily impastoed brushwork that builds the forms into an almost sculptural surface. The figures emerge from a turbulent mass of paint, their identities simultaneously intimate and obscured by the raw, gestural energy of Kossoff's mark-making. The work reflects his lifelong preoccupation with the people closest to him, capturing a profound emotional connection through the physical weight and texture of the medium itself.

Medium
oil on board

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

May 8, 2016

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Leon Kossoff, Two seated Figures no.1 (My Parents)

A densely worked oil painting by Leon Kossoff depicting two seated figures, believed to be the artist's parents, rendered with his characteristic thick, heavily impastoed brushwork that builds the forms into an almost sculptural surface. The figures emerge from a turbulent mass of paint, their identities simultaneously intimate and obscured by the raw, gestural energy of Kossoff's mark-making. The work reflects his lifelong preoccupation with the people closest to him, capturing a profound emotional connection through the physical weight and texture of the medium itself.

Medium
oil on board
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Family, Expressive, Post-War, Two Figures, Portrait, Modern, British, Earth Tones, Oil on Board, Figurative

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