Marina dopo il tramonto

This painting of the shore at dusk presents a lonely view, with the twilight tones of sea, land and sky, a melancholy seemingly accentuated by the single boat abandoned on the beach. The marine theme is a constant of Carrà’s interwar work. His insistence on just a few themes, painted in essential fashion, is characteristic of his work during the period, when his quest was for an expressive power that could achieve the greatest expressiveness with great economy of means. This dusky version of 1941 prompts a more problematic reflection than the more peremptory depictions of the previous decade.