Composition à rectangles carrés et carré formé de cercles

Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Printed by Fequet et Baudler

1933; published 1957

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A woman lays her arms across a table and rests her head down on them. Another figure stands in the background with a hand partially covering his mouth.
Saint Lucy stands holding a dagger in her left hand, a symbol of her martyrdom, and in her right she holds a bowl with her two eyes. According to legend, she plucked out her eyes but they were miraculously restored. Agnes stands behind her, holding a lamb, a reference to her name, which means "lamb" in Latin.
A square, abstract composition made up of two squares, three rectangles, and four circles against a black background.
Jesus sits on the side of a well as the Samarian woman stands holding a rope connected to her water jug. Jesus leans towards her in conversation. On the right a group of figures converse with one another as if discussing the scene unfolding before them.