"Villiers La Bacle" [sic Villier le Bacle]

Artist Henry Sugimoto (American, 1900 - 1990)

Date1958

MediumOil, canvas

ClassificationsFine Arts

Credit LineGift of Estate of Henry Yuzuru Sugimoto

Object number2015.7.9

DescriptionUnstretched. Image depicts a scene of a small French commune (Villiers La Bacle) in northern France. At the foreground, a man rolls a wheel barrow on a dirt path toward a house where a maid stands outside of a blue gate with a pail and broom. Two geese and a dog can also be seen at the bottom. The house make up the left half of the image, and the right half is made up of a path leading to two other small houses with red roofs. In the middle right, a bike can be seen strewn on the side of a lawn. The sky is a mix of white, light blue, and then dark blue as it nears the top of the image.