Etude e 195 1939

"Etude e 195" (1939) by French artist Jean Helion depicts three figures in a stylized manner, characteristic of the Cubist and Synthetic Cubist movements. The work features a man reading a newspaper in the foreground, a man riding a bicycle in the background and a man reclining on a bench. The figures are rendered with simplified forms and flat planes, employing geometric shapes and bold colors, a hallmark of Helion's work from the 1930s.