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In 1966, the Japanese painter Chūta Kimura, attracted by the memory of Pierre Bonnard’s work, settled in the Côte d’Azur. While Kimura roamed around this region of southern France, he quickly sketched landscapes in pencil. In this painting, he expresses a very personal vision of the landscape. On the left side of the canvas are the walls of La Roquette-sur-Siagne, where Kimura lived. On the right, a painterly struggle blurs perspective – shades of green, ochre and violet clash and swirl, enlivened by a black ring that indicates the essentials: a grove here, a house there. At the top, a single blue band is enough to suggest the radiant light of the Midi.