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Gavin Kennedy

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Marcel Dzama

Cat Underground (diptych)

1998

Marcel Dzama's Cat Underground presents a surreal narrative rendered in ink and watercolor across a diptych format, inviting viewers into a whimsical underground world. The work showcases Dzama's distinctive narrative style and his ability to blend figurative imagery with abstract compositional elements. The cat serves as a central character or symbol guiding the viewer through the paired compositions. The combination of ink line work with watercolor washes creates dynamic contrasts between precision and fluidity throughout the piece.

Medium
Ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions

Notes

Room: Upstairs Hallway & Bedroom. Provenance: Heritage Contemporary Collecting Auction, 2022. Diptych. Each 12 x 9.75 in

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Marcel Dzama, Cat Underground (diptych), 1998

Marcel Dzama's Cat Underground presents a surreal narrative rendered in ink and watercolor across a diptych format, inviting viewers into a whimsical underground world. The work showcases Dzama's distinctive narrative style and his ability to blend figurative imagery with abstract compositional elements. The cat serves as a central character or symbol guiding the viewer through the paired compositions. The combination of ink line work with watercolor washes creates dynamic contrasts between precision and fluidity throughout the piece.

Medium
Ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
30.48 x 24.892000000000003 cm
Year
1998
Seen at
Provincetown

Related themes

Surrealism, Fantasy, Mid-Career, Ink and Watercolor, Surreal, Animal, Belgian-Canadian, Figure, Mixed Media, Imaginative, Diptych, Underground, Works on Paper, Whimsical, Narrative, Storytelling, Provincetown, Drawing, Color And Ink, Figurative, Contemporary

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Gavin Kennedy