Hugues Reip

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THE MOUNTAINS
Montagne
Montagne Montagne
Plaster, wood
Variable dimensions, 1991-92

In a reversal of motif painting, each mountain molded in plaster was borrowed from a famous painting*.

* Salvador Dalí, L'Énigme sans fin, 1938. Giotto, Joachim Parmi les bergers, 1303-06. Hokusai Katsushika, 36 vues du mont Fuji, 1831-33. Georges Seurat, Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp, 1885. René Magritte, Le domaine d'Arnheim, 1962.

Frac Franche-Comté collection, Besançon