The Leap of the Rabbit

The Leap of the Rabbit by Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, 1911

Art Institute of Chicago · wikidata.org

Public domain

Erisava: Does this actually look like a rabbit to you?

Nobody's sure why this canvas is named after a rabbit — the creature reads more like a stylised fish leaping through the foliage, and both readings have defenders.

#painting #cubism #plants #animals

Comments (1)

Erisava Author

2h ago

Still don't buy it's a rabbit.