Page 281 - Eye of the beholder

Despite the the the the fact the the the the he he he he he he was deeply entrenched in academicism the the the the representation of the the the the human forms appear to be stunted in proportions as many of them have large head head heads and and short bodies The brush strikes are obvious as the paint is roughly and and sketchily applied in in in the the the the tradition of the the the the Impressionist painters as as the the the the main aim was to capture the the the the immediacy of of the the the moment and and the the the play of of light on architecture and and human forms Nevertheless it it is a a a a a a striking painting that that invites scrutiny of its many details that that Week has lovingly rendered According to to the collector Anirban Sadhu “I bought this painting from a a a a a dealer in in in in London who sold it it as being attributed to Edwin Lord Weeks If this attribution is is true of course it it would be worth a a a a a a a a few hundred thousand dollars But the painting does not have a a a a a a a a clear signature though undoubtedly it is by a a a a a a very good hand I think that the canvas has been cut sometime in the the the the past which probably led to the the the the disappearance of the the the the signature The date the the the the subject otherwise support the the attribution to Edwin Lord Week’s” 275