Sans titre
[vers 1949]
Sans titre
[vers 1949]
Gill practiced "an art of dissimulation". (Roger Cardinal, historian of outsider art)
Madge Gill made obsessive, minutely detailed variations on stereotypical oval-shaped faces with large almond-shaped eyes. These contrast with the rapidly sketched slim nases and small mouths. The faces float in large, labyrinth-like architectural decors while the bodies are almost always absent or scarcely defined, concealed under heavy garments. These scenes reflect the self-renunciation and passive states that women mediums had to adopt in their practice.
| Domain | Peinture |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Encre sur drap |
| Dimensions | 82,5 x 274 cm |
| Acquisition | ART BRUT / donation Bruno Decharme en 2021 |
| Inventory no. | AM 2022-569 |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Madge Gill (Maude Ethel Eades, dite)
(1882, Royaume-Uni - 1961, Royaume-Uni) |
|---|---|
| Main title | Sans titre |
| Creation date | [vers 1949] |
| Domain | Peinture |
| Techniques | Encre sur drap |
| Dimensions | 82,5 x 274 cm |
| Acquisition | ART BRUT / donation Bruno Decharme en 2021 |
| Collection area | Arts Plastiques - Moderne |
| Inventory no. | AM 2022-569 |
By the same artist
Bibliography
Voir la notice sur le portail de la Bibliothèque Kandinsky
Art brut : Dans l''intimité d''une collection. La Donation Decharme au Centre Pompidou : Paris, le Centre Pompidou au Grand-Palais, 11 juin-21 septembre 2025. - Paris : GrandPalaisRmn / Editions du Centre Pompidou, 2025 (ill. 393 cit. p. 259 et reprod. coul. p. 249-250) . N° isbn 978-2-7118-8097-3
Voir la notice sur le portail de la Bibliothèque Kandinsky