常玉生前最後一張畫作,在他去世前的幾個月,曾致電友人說他正在畫一件作品,但還不能給朋友看,因為他想要「簡化再簡化」。當作品終於完成,他對朋友指著畫面中的小象說,這就是我。荒漠中踽踽獨行的小象,與晚年在巴黎過得不甚得意的常玉身影相疊,孤獨寂寞,卻依舊舉步前行。
This was the very last painting Sanyu did before he passed away. Several months before he died, Sanyu phoned a friend, telling him that he'd been working on something new, but he couldn't show it to him yet, because he wanted to "simplify it, and simplify it some more." When the painting was finally finished, Sanyu pointed to the elephant in the painting and said to his friend, "That is me. "The solitary elephant walking alone in the great desert is wistfully reminiscent of Sanyu's late, despondent years in Paris, persisting, all by himself.
- Framed: 100.2 x 148.3 x 5 cm (39.45 x 58.39 x 1.97 in)
- Created: 2018
- Collections: 2022-3 ART TAINAN, 2024-3 【藏藝於室】常玉版畫展 101