In this first work from 1911, suggestions of Art Nouveau are denoted in the curved and undulating lines and the aristocratic motif of the grayhounds superimposed in black and white; while the "barbaric" patterning of two hares running suggest the assimilation of the formal languages of his great friend Modigliani, and anticipates Art Deco, of which he emerged as a pioneer. The pure colors, in smooth, flat paints, deviate from academic modelling and chiaroscuro, as well as the intense yet simplified motif of the rising sun adding a touch of modernity to an early painting, which is essentially decorative (text by Rui Afonso Santos).
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