Les préliminaires d'unité 

This is Victor Brauner's painting "Les préliminaires d'unité." Its structure is immediately striking, dominated by a figure composed of geometric and organic forms. Notice how the artist uses color and texture to create a somewhat unsettling effect, juxtaposing rough, earthy tones with precise, decorative elements. Brauner’s work often explores themes of the subconscious and the merging of disparate elements. Here, the figure seems to be constructed from various symbolic components. The single eye, the patterned layers resembling both armor and ritualistic garb, and the contrasting textures create a sense of fragmented identity. We can read this as an exploration of how the self is a composite of different, sometimes conflicting, parts. Consider also the title, "Preliminaries of Unity." This suggests a process, an attempt to bring these diverse elements into a coherent whole. It is through the formal qualities of the work—its composition and symbolic language—that Brauner engages with the complex idea of unity within the self and perhaps within society.