Sarah Buckner Study for Starry Night, 2024
Oil and charcoal on craft paper
59,3 x 42 cm (23 3/8 x 16 1/2 in) (unframed)
65,7 x 48,4 x 2,8 cm (25 7/8 x 19 x 1 1/8 in) (framed)
65,7 x 48,4 x 2,8 cm (25 7/8 x 19 x 1 1/8 in) (framed)
Sarah Buckner’s work titled Study for Starry Night, executed in oil and charcoal on paper in 2024, served as sketch for a larger painting on canvas. Many of Buckner’s paintings from this period echo significant works from the history of art depicting female protagonists. The figure is reminiscent of the antique sculpture known as Venus de Milo. The figure of the goddess Venus is placed on a pedestal gazing down on a man with a gloomy, disappointed facial expression, dressed as harlequin.
The work is a fully realized preparatory sketch for a larger painting on canvas.
The work is a fully realized preparatory sketch for a larger painting on canvas.