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In the 1950s, American artist Shirley Jaffe, then living in Paris, infused her work with intense gestural energy. In 1956, she was invited by the Kunsthalle in Basel to participate in an exhibition that explored the influence of Japanese calligraphy on Western art. For the exhibition, Jaffe submitted this painting, which draws on the Abstract Expressionist style that was popular at the time. The evocative landscape features a limited colour palette, predominantly consisting of shades of gray, black, and white.