[title not known] by British School

[title not known] 

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Dimensions: image: 75 x 146 mm

Copyright: CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate

Curator: Here we have a charming, undated print from the British School, currently held in the Tate Collections. Editor: It’s odd, almost unsettling. The scale is so small, but the feeling it evokes is vast, like peering into a strange dream. Curator: Note the artist’s use of line to create a sense of depth and texture. The tonal gradations define the forms of the women. Editor: I feel a strange mix of amusement and unease. Their expressions are so enigmatic, their gazes lost in the fox portrait. Is it supposed to be humorous? Curator: The composition certainly invites inquiry. The figures are arranged in a dynamic relationship to each other and to the objects surrounding them. Editor: It feels like a snapshot of absurdity, a glimpse into a world where reality is slightly off-kilter. I love it. Curator: Indeed, it's a piece that lingers in the mind. Editor: A peculiar little vision, like a half-remembered fairy tale.

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