Mountains with Two Figures

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FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG

Two black-hatted figures walk along the shore of the Bay of Corinth, toward two beached boats. Beyond the bay rise the Peloponnese Mountains, presented as sheer vertical planes of gray, purple, and brown. Gritchenko had begun his career among avant-garde circles in Moscow but fled following the revolutions of 1918. He spent the next few years immersing himself in Mediterranean sites, seeking to capture what he understood as deep connections between ancient artistic traditions and modernism.

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