Billancourt désespéré

Jean-Baptiste Sécheret

2004

Monotype on brown background

 

Signed and dated by the artist in pencil lower left

 

This freight train is characteristic of Jean-Baptiste Sécheret's world, as he strives to reproduce a simple, harmonious reality. The brown paper is both the background of the work, lending a dusk-like atmosphere to the landscape, and an element of relief, with the sky appearing fluffy and the train weathered by repetitive use.