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"Orpheus and His Companions, " Surrealist Masterpiece with Male Nudes

About the Item

This masterful and extraordinary painting, filled with ghostly nudes in various poses in a dark interior, with Orpheus playing the lyre in the garden outside lit in an otherworldly golden light was clearly created by Pavel Tchelitchew, Eugene Berman or another Mid-Century master of Surrealism. Full of symbolism and allegory, the interior features sheep and nude figures who are in deep sleep or some kind of euphoric stupor. Some figures are painted in a silvery white, as if lit by the moon, and others are suffused in a golden lifelike color. The Renaissance interior features arched niches with lifelike sculptures, as well as recessed panels with Classical scenes, again featuring the nude. We have never seen a Surrealist painting quite this atmospheric and mysterious. (Dimensions include frame).
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 13 in (33.02 cm)Width: 17 in (43.18 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
  • Style:
    Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1950
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  • Seller Location:
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU86516611503
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