Wave

Johannes Henry Neuteboom painting

Wave, 1994

Wave, 1994
Oils on canvas, 142 x 81 cm
Private collection, Bollate, Italy

Why the glasses above the wave? I guess, to suggest the immense, unfathomable intelligence of the world’s oceans. But I first started making sketches back in about 1985 when I was studying in Milan. At that time, a common scene on Milan’s streets was for immigrants to spread a white cloth onto the pavement and arrange a series of sunglasses that they would sell to passers-by.

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