The artwork is part of the A3M Collection
— In this drawing, Gino Severini transforms a simple still life into a study of structure and perception. Everyday objects — a cat, a pitcher, a bowl — are reduced to a network of intersecting lines and transparent planes. The scene unfolds not in physical space but in an analytical one, where geometry replaces volume and rhythm replaces narrative. It is a dialogue between observation and intellect, between the visible world and the artist’s inner architecture.
Severini’s line, fluid yet controlled, maps the silent energy of the composition. The cat at the center becomes both subject and pattern — its contours blending with the surrounding vessels in a harmony of intersecting vectors. This precision of draftsmanship reflects the artist’s post-Cubist pursuit of equilibrium between nature and abstraction.
«Composizione con gatto» encapsulates Severini’s mature style: the fusion of mathematical order and poetic intuition. Within its delicate geometry lies a meditation on vision itself — how reality dissolves into rhythm, and how form becomes thought.
Early in his career, Gino Severini adopted divisionism, a technique involving small dots of color, before embracing the speed, energy, and fragmentation of futurism. Later, Severini’s work transitioned toward cubism and eventually neoclassicism, reflecting a broader return to order in European art.
