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It is
a piece that shouldn't work: the perspectival distortion between the nub and
the rim of the wheel are obvious, the man's arms seems too short
(fore-shortened?), the angular lines of the wheel and the arm and the torso
as the man stops the wheel jar against one another--and yet the composition
of the whole in its square frame is arresting, and the stylized sun in the
upper right corner (whatever its symbolism) provides a perfect circular
balance for the partial wheel hub in the lower left. As I said, the
composition shouldn't work, but it does, and its effect is strong and
striking. A most amazing piece; a singular piece. Fascinating and
stimulating.
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