\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This portrait is of the famous fashion designer Percy Clark with his wife and their cat Percy, seated with its back to us on
its masterÆs knee.\par
The naturalness of the manÆs pose, depicted slouching in the chair and with bare feet, suggests that the artist used a photograph to paint the portrait.\par
Mrs. Clark is also standing in a realistic attitude with her hands on h
er hips and dressed in a housecoat.\par
The light that enters through the window emphasizes the rotundity of the womanÆs face.\par
The few objects in the room convey the impression of a fashionably decorated house: the deep-piled carpet, the low table
with a vase of lilies, the modern-style chair.\par
The painting is dominated by a soft and cool range of colors, which convey a sensation of peaceful intimacy.
