Samuel Bak

Final Face to Face

Final Face to Face

2011
Oil on canvas
24 ¹⁄₈ × 36 inches(61 × 91 cm)
Signed lower right: BAK
The opening in the ground covered with the pieces of the chess board has an opening that suggests the form of a pawn.
Silhouettes of faces square off and to what end?
Deep within the abyss, a fire burns.
Rooks are arrayed across the landscape. An occasional pawn rests quietly.

Bernard H. Pucker, BAK a Day, January 6, 2022
Themes: Chess, Figure

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Exhibitions

Your Move . New Paintings by SAMUEL BAK 2012 Boston, MA

Literature

Your Move . New Paintings by SAMUEL BAK Theodore K. Rabb 2012 Boston, MA, p. 4, ill.

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