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Curatorial Narrative In the early 1930s, Cham Soutine's artistic trajectory diverged from the prevailing figurative traditions of modernist painting, instead embracing a more intuitive and expressive approach. Landscape with House, circa 1934, exemplifies this shift, as the artist's emphasis on spontaneous brushwork and vivid coloration creates a sense of atmospheric tension. The impasto technique employed in this work imbues the composition with a three-dimensional quality, drawing the viewer's eye into the space between the landscape's horizon line and the foregrounded wooden house.As Landscape with House is enlarged to 49x44 inches, its chromatic structure assumes a pronounced spatial rhythm, with the dominant greens and blues of the landscape giving way to the bold, yellow-red hues of the house. The atmospheric weight of the painting shifts accordingly, as the depth and luminosity of the colors become more apparent. In an upscal