A theatre programme, a steam tow and two royal portraits separate into four offset plates.
COMPOSITION NOTES
How the field holds together
The large blank stage in the theatre programme becomes active negative space. The tow establishes a horizontal horizon while the two oval portraits act as unequal counterweights rather than a matched pair.
Poussin H07 · 1.5 landscape·Four displaced plates on a reciprocal field·4 unique images