27 July 1959

July 27, 1959

In 1953, the German painter and draughtsman Julius Bissier began to paint compositions in egg-and-oil tempera, which he called "miniatures." They are populated by entities which, though abstract, seem to allude to man-made objects and forms from nature. Like still lifes, they are infused with symbolic undercurrents.

On view

Artist	Julius Bissier
Original Title	27.Juli 59
Date	July 27, 1959
Medium	Egg and oil tempera on primed cotton canvas
Dimensions	18.2 x 22.6 cm
Credit line	Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof Collection, bequest of Hannelore B. Schulhof, 2012
Accession	2012.28
Collection	Schulhof Collection
Type	Work on paper