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The cushions settle into this structure with a natural drape, softening the lines of the frame and giving the chair its relaxed, low-slung posture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe leather has been newly upholstered in a warm cognac tone, chosen to sit closely with the depth of the wood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamples of the ‘Sheriff’ chair are held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. 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Fields of deep black and muted charcoal dominate, their density interrupted by passages of olive green and pale, almost chalk-like whites. These elements do not resolve into a fixed form; instead, they suggest presence through absence, evoking something glimpsed rather than fully seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe composition resists symmetry. A vertical, attenuated line cuts through the darker mass, acting less as a divider than as a moment of tension, a pause within the field. Around it, the paint shifts in texture and opacity, revealing areas where the brush has pressed, lifted, or dragged across the surface. These traces remain visible, forming a record of the artist’s hand and the rhythm of its movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is an ambiguity at the core of the work. The darker expanse feels almost architectural in its weight, while the green passages introduce a more organic, unstable energy. Together, they create a dialogue between solidity and dissolution, as though the image is caught between forming and fading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe black walnut frame provides a measured boundary, its warmth offering a subtle counterpoint to the cooler, more introspective tones of the painting. It does not contain the work so much as anchor it, giving definition to something inherently fluid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerrenoud’s practice often moved between painting and sculpture, and that sensibility is evident here. The composition carries a spatial awareness, where depth is implied through layering and contrast rather than perspective. The surface becomes almost tactile, inviting a slower reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat distinguishes this piece is its restraint. It does not seek to declare itself, but to unfold gradually. Light plays across the varied textures, revealing new relationships within the composition over time. 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Darkened planes, charcoal, umber, and near-black, establish a weighted ground, while lighter passages emerge and recede, suggesting fragments of a figure without ever resolving into clarity. The title itself hints at duplication, at the act of imprinting or transferring, and this idea resonates across the surface, where shapes seem to overlap, blur, and reassert themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe gestures are deliberate yet open-ended. Lines are not drawn to define, but to interrupt, thin, pale incisions that cut through the darker mass, creating moments of tension and release. Around them, the paint moves with a tactile immediacy: brushed, pressed, and layered in a way that reveals both control and spontaneity. Subtle shifts in opacity and texture give the surface a quiet depth, as though the image has been built and unbuilt in successive stages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no central hierarchy. Instead, the eye moves across the composition, tracing relationships between shadow and light, density and void. The darker fields carry a sense of gravity, while the lighter areas introduce a fragile lift, a suggestion of emergence. Together, they create a visual rhythm that feels both grounded and unsettled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEncased in a black walnut frame, the work is given a defined edge, a moment of stillness against its internal movement. The warmth of the wood offers a subtle counterbalance to the cooler tonalities within, anchoring the composition without diminishing its ambiguity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerrenoud’s dual practice as painter and sculptor is evident here. The surface is not merely pictorial; it carries a spatial awareness, where layering suggests depth beyond illusion. 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Their surfaces are softly contoured, with a restrained, almost architectural relief that suggests form without fully declaring it. Subtle tonal variations, warm, earthen hues with gentle shifts in patina, give the work a sense of depth and age, as though the surface has been shaped as much by time as by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEncased within a custom steel frame, the panels are held in a precise grid that both contains and emphasizes their individuality. The dark metal structure introduces a linear counterpoint to the organic ceramic forms, creating a balance between control and expression. The frame does not simply support the work, it defines its rhythm, articulating the relationship between each panel and the negative space around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJean Gregorieff’s practice reflects a dialogue between sculpture and design, shaped in part by his exposure to modernist circles in mid-century France, including the influence of Pablo Picasso. 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Their elongated necks, looping legs, and horned profiles create a sense of movement held in suspension, as if caught mid-step.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA verdigris patina settles across the bronze in layered tones of green, softening the surface and giving greater depth to the casting. Light moves across the contours of the figures, tracing their silhouettes and emphasizing the tension between delicacy and weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe connection to Rateau is felt in the reverence for animal form, and in the way ornament becomes structure. Like his most compelling works, the natural world is not treated as decoration, but as the foundation of the design itself. The gazelles do not support the table in a conventional sense—they are the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is also something quietly mythic in the composition. Read in profile, the figures feel almost hieroglyphic, somewhere between ancient symbol and modern sculpture. 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