Architectural motifs turn up frequently in Ekster’s paintings of the 1930s and 1940s. Usually, they are fragments of the artist’s beloved Venetian places. However, beginning in the mid-1930s, details of ancient French structures appear. The high roofs of the low structures in the foreground are usually taken to be French. All the details of the composition, including the wall and cathedral tower, were used by the artist in reduced form in View of Bridge (Museum of Modern Art, Moscow). The artist gave the picture to Micheline Strohl, a nurse who cared for her in her last years.