SIGNED BLACK & WHITE OIL-ON-CANVAS OP ART NUDE (1970s) ART014 and especially the works of

and especially the works of Piero Fornasetti

illustration

and Edmund Peters

The following museums own works by Mascarin: Museum Bellerive

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SIGNED BLACK & WHITE OIL-ON-CANVAS OP ART NUDE (1970s) ART014 and especially the works ofThe warped checkerboard of this dramatic Op Art oil painting is subtly manipulated to map out the contours of a voluptuous female nude. The viewer is challenged to look beyond the surface in order to perceive the hidden form, as the stark black and white contrast heightens the sense of distortion. In the same way that zebra stripes function as camouflage, the geometries obscure the outline of the figure and prevent the viewer from readily