My Godson 1960-1961

 

oil on composition board 122.0 x 91.5 cm

   
      An example of another experimental form: the figurative abstract. A Cubist approach to the problematics of the human form is evidently influential here, though given a dynamism through Williams' painterly treatment of his subject. Williams also experimented with abstract still-life, again influenced by Cubist treatment of this subject matter.    
             

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