Dehn Les Memoirs De La Nuit Analysis

“Les Tiroirs de la nuit” by Adolf Dehn translated as Night Drawers in French, was produced in 1976-78 this is a Oil on linen painting. The painting represents a depth effect with the observer in a baby's room staring outside onto a balcony at a boy and dog with a door leading to the small figures. The room the painting places you in is a light blue room that has a light bleached wooden night drawer with round wood bleach handles night drawer that is on the left of the painting and it extends outside of the painting allowing for only about a half of the night drawer visible within the painting. This night drawer has about four seen drawers with a modern trim, on top of this wooden bleached night drawer looks to be a silver metal alarm clock with black prongs at the bottom of it to keep it sturdy. But it appears this clock is turned around so you can't see the time you can only see a blank white front piece where the numbers and arrows of where a clock would be. Also on top of the dresser there is a pink baby doll that appears to be broken; the only visible body parts our the head that is decapitated with the eyes closed and a sharp nose. There is one visible arm that is connected to the
The door that is open is closest to the dresser on the left this door is glass but the glass is painted over with a light blue paint the same color as the wall in the room. But the trim of the door is a darker blue with a gold luster classic door knob with a simple push lock. The crease within the door has burnt orange outline with a red on the other side of the crease there is deep red color. The closed door on the right is a grey green color that has a glass window within it, this looks like a door that could be at my grandmothers a little out dated and somewhat dangerous with kids that is surprising that Adolf Dehn included this type of