Canape
, c. 1980
25.4 x 20.3 cm (h x w)
Ink and Watercolour
Private Collection
© Estate of Alfred Cohen 2020
Cohen’s 1960s’ commedia dell’arte figures tended to plumb the tragic or agonistic potential of characters and situations. From the late 1970s his caricatures became more humorous. One reviewer commented: ‘Here is a new line of free and easy drawings of characters like cartoons. You can’t pass them without a chuckle’.
