Village People , 1952
24.5 x 20 cm (h x w)
Oil on canvas

© Gregoire Michonze estate

Village People draws on both surrealistic and realistic elements as two nude women are depicted mixing casually with their apparently indifferent but soberly-dressed neighbours in a rural setting painted with a heightened sense of colour. In a 1959 letter to the British art critic Peter Stone, Michonze wrote: 'My subjects have no subject. They exist only for a poetic end. If the poetry is there, the canvas is complete. No histories. Only pure poetry, preferably untitled.'

Exhibited by:

Ben Uri Research Unit

More from Ben Uri Research Unit

Benchers Hall, Inner Temple , 1947
47 x 60 cm (h x w)
Charcoal on paper
Ben Uri Research Unit
Canal Bank, France , 1920
34.5 x 26.5 cm (h x w)
Gouache on Paper
Ben Uri Research Unit
Cameo Corner , 1919
83 x 55.5 cm (h x w)
Lithographic poster
Ben Uri Research Unit
Figure Composition , c. 1919-20
51 x 56 cm (h x w)
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Ben Uri Research Unit
Sappers Under Hill 60 , c. 1918-19
12 x 16 cm (h x w)
Pencil, ink and wash on paper
Ben Uri Research Unit