Collage - Original
30 x 30 cm / 12 x 12 inch
framed
'Secret Agents Nr. 22'
Sept. 2021
Surrealistic mixed media composition on 30x30x0.5 cm canvas board.
In this portrait a woman is veiled and disguised.
In history, women have been veiled for different reasons, in the series 'Secret Agents' the women act as secret agents and spies.
This collage composition is built up with four elements.
The background is a publicity from Vogue Magazine, April 1933.
The young woman is Leslie Caron in the role of Gigi, par Colette..
The veil is from an illustration of a classical portrait by Jan van Eyck of his wife.
( Illustration Roger Baschet, Peinture en Europe, edition 1967 )
The collage is finished with the image of a perfume bottle: Chanel Nr. 22.
Acrylic paint, paper, varnish, glue.
Signed, varnished and delivered with a certificate of authenticity.
Delivered with a natural unvarnished wood box frame.
