Stacked Forms in Black and Cream Canvas Print ben shahn It loves a pale wall

It loves a pale wall and a bit of breathing room either side

cool walls feel less stark

warm lamps suddenly belong

On the wall it warms a room without shouting

peach and pale greens against an off-white background

Stacked Forms in Black and Cream Canvas Print ben shahn It loves a pale wallHang this where the side light hits and the black sharpens. A stacked geometric piece half circle, fanned arc, nested triangle sits on a warm cream ground in a portrait format. The room reads calmer with it up. The eye has somewhere quiet to land, and the rest of the furniture stops working so hard. Best on a narrow stretch of wall: between two windows, above a slim console, or at the end of a hallway where it draws you down. Pairs naturally with pale