A thought subsequent to my comment in the previous post: 'Perhaps "Abstract 4" is still prescriptive'.
It is prescriptive if the term 'abstract' is only understood in the sense I described, i.e. that the concepts in its conception were totally abstract. However, the term 'abstract' is probably more widely undestood in the sense of deriving from, subtracting down to the essence, figurative/representational elements abstracted down to their essence. In this sense, those viewers who are drawn to the piece by the figurative elements are accommodated.
'Abstract 4' therefore does not direct the viewer's interpretation; it is not prescriptive.
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