Deux combines two different depictions of the natural world in this drawing. First, the suggestion of a wood grain, perhaps taken from a rubbing, forms the background. Second, images of organic shapes and amorphous conglomerations articulate the surface. Their ambiguity adds to the drawing’s allure: are they cell clusters, rock walls, reptile skin, internal organs, or root nodules? Beautiful and grotesque, these detailed elements yield an overall composition that blends abstraction and representation.