We have never spoken of one of the technical features of Julian art we can see in many of his works: in the bottom left corner, there is a powdery trail made by the brush; a dry layer of paste that seems to "go under" a transparent layer or glazing of raw sienna and grey hues across the painting. This powdery trail adds some motion (and poetry) to a hieratic still life and also an unfinished feeling as suspension points. It points out too that life is fragile because here all the objects stand on a fragile basis: the table is as thin as cigarette paper.
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