Petanque Players — painting by Benjamin Smit

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Petanque Players

BS·053 · Portraits · Earlier works

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Three men in shorts and caps relax on a bench while a fourth bends to bowl a boule on the ground before them. The figures are described with soft, blurred edges in cool blues and a single red against a pale wall, and the scene reads as a casual, sunlit slice of leisure. The faces are kept indistinct, which shifts the interest from likeness to gesture and posture.