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Austria
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 39.4 W x 39.4 H x 0.8 D in
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Belvedere. Waiting for Delveaux Baroque Sphinxes are such fascinating and mysterious creatures, especially those which populate the gardens of Vienna’s Schloss Belvedere; somewhere I have spent many hours over the years. Answering their riddles and in that sense ‘de-mystifying them’ only leads to trouble, as Sophocles warns us all. We are all held captive and subjugated by beauty and mystery. In this picture, as in so many of my pictures, one of the protagonists is blindfolded so the viewer must understand the situation for them. The viewer is also thus excluded from participation, which, of course comes at a price. King Oedipus solved the Sphinx’s riddle and he paid the price with his sight, far more permanently than the figure represented here. Banished from his palace, he was lead through his exile by two women, his daughters Antigone and Ismene, they became his eyes. On a lighter note, when we trespass into moonlit gardens in the company of under-dressed women, we are always faced with the possibility of encountering Paul Delveaux walking among the statues or perhaps pruning roses. We should probably wait and see
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:39.4 W x 39.4 H x 0.8 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships in a wooden crate for additional protection of heavy or oversized artworks. Crated works are subject to an $80 care and handling fee. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:Austria.
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