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"The Verdict" can be looked upon as the finishing part of the series "The Two of Us". The harmony of home has been disrupted, the tension between proportions of form reflect it very well. The diagonal composition fashionable since renaissance is combined with a daring selection. Layers of pictures behind one another indicate brilliant skills and a deliberate composition. The eyes are drawn to bluish-pink lines of the window pane "outdoors". The partition wall closes it down which receives a new layer as a result of shadows. Symbols play a peculiar role this time again, there is hardly an element on the picture without any content. The shadow of the cat, a piece of bread, a bird singing and the pinkish-blue sky in the background lead to all sorts of associations. Studying order may be important for other reasons, too. Derkovits developed a peculiar method of composition which is capable of supporting understanding. The range of his colours became complete only around 1930. His shades of blue linked him with the masters of Gresham. While colours indicated the cloudless joy of "pure art", even these subdued colours were capable of polarization. What is positive in the picture appears in warm colours: this being faces, bread and the building. Unpleasant and negative things are portrayed in cold colours.
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