MAN AND WOMAN
67 by 108.5 cm.; 26 ¼ by 42 ¾ in.
Signed and dated upper centre: Souza 65 Oil on canvas Figurative art presented no problems for Souza because he succeeded in creating images which were entirely personal, yet recognizable at the same time. They are often distorted to the point of destruction. Souza said “I have never counted the number of teeth I have drawn in grinning mouths. So what of a few extra eyes…†But they never threaten to dissolve into formalized abstract shapes. The violence and speed with which they are executed keep these images, however distorted, in touch with the painter’s vision of what they really are. Yet he wrote