H 20 August 1962 S

August 20, 1962

In 1953, Bissier, the German painter and draughtsman, 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.

Artist	Julius Bissier
Original Title	H.20.8.62 S
Date	August 20, 1962
Medium	Egg and oil tempera on primed cotton canvas
Dimensions	17.3 x 22.5 cm
Credit line	Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, Hannelore B. and Rudolph B. Schulhof Collection, bequest of Hannelore B. Schulhof, 2012
Accession	2012.27
Collection	Schulhof Collection
Type	Work on paper