Sarah Buckner Smoky monkey (Inferno rosa), 2024
Oil and charcoal on paper
30 x 30 cm (11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in) (unframed)
36,5 x 36,5 x 2,8 cm (14 3/8 x 14 3/8 x 1 1/8 in) (framed)
36,5 x 36,5 x 2,8 cm (14 3/8 x 14 3/8 x 1 1/8 in) (framed)
Sarah Buckner’s work titled Smoky monkey (Inferno rosa) is small-format oil and charcoal painterly sketch on paper, featuring a monkey as the central figure. Monkeys are frequent motifs in Buckner’s work, often depicted as a person’s companion. However, this painting portrays only one monkey smoking a pipe, giving the animal the human charters of maturity and wisdom. The figure is symmetrically centered on the paper, and the background is composed of different blue and brown shades. Despite the abstract landscape, the figure seems to sit on a small hill set against a blue sky.
The work is a fully realized preparatory sketch for a section in larger painting on canvas.
The work is a fully realized preparatory sketch for a section in larger painting on canvas.