The Quietude of Landscape and Form The canvas captures a stillness that feels heavy with the heat of a midday sun. In 1926, the work "Siesta" (Hochgebirgslandschaft mit Kühen) emerges as a study of mountain life, where the scale of the landscape dwarfs the presence of the cattle. The composition, measuring 96.3 cm in height and 101.4 cm in width, anchors the viewer in a specific, high-altitude atmosphere. It is a scene of repose, a mom…