File:Arthur Lerner Bones, Gourd and Shells 1990.jpeg

Painting, Bones, Gourd and Shells (oil on linen, 48" x 60", 1990) by artist Arthur Lerner. Illustrates a distinct body of work and key mid-career period in his work when he shifted from figurative work to still lifes which were exhibited extensively.

Artist's website: http://www.arthurlerner.com/selected-work/still-lifes/detail-pages/detail-still-life-8.htm. Copyright held by the artist.

Arthur Lerner

Entire painting

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating a distinct body of work and critical shift in Arthur Lerner's practice and technique: his change from expressionistic figuration to still life paintings in the 1980s and 1990s. This work features spare groupings of natural materials like rocks, shells, driftwood, leaves, bones and gourds and, in their careful arrangement and calculated casualness, have been likened to Zen gardens and the art of Giorgio Morandi. Because the article is about an artist and his work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize this key body of work and development in his art. Lerner's still life paintings and their role in his development are discussed extensively in the article and have been discussed in detail by numerous art critics, and the work has been exhibited widely.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other still life painting of the period by Lerner, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.