A dense work in which faces, bodies and textures rise from a dark — almost black — ground. One of the most physical canvases in this collection: the paint is thick and textured, it asks to be touched. Instead of losing the figure entirely, the artist hides it within the texture; as your eye adjusts to the crowd, a new face emerges. Red and white touches function like psychological points of intensity — a head, an eye, a collar. This is a work that demands time from the viewer; it cannot be consumed at a single glance. A marker of the mature period, and with its large format (80 × 60 cm) it offers serious command of a room.