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In this striking square-format work, Sandro De Ponte portrays a crouching human figure, captured in a moment of deep introspection or connection with the earth. The composition is dominated by ochre and greenish-brown tones, with an extremely rich material texture that emerges strongly from the handmade paper. The figure, with its solid and synthetic volumes, mirrors or confronts a dark oval shape in the foreground, creating a hypnotic visual balance. The handmade nature of the support gives the edges and surface a tactile quality that transforms the painting into an almost sculptural object.