The left leg is recessed as if the figure is shown striding, and the toes are not clearly depicted.

Queen of minimalism, Janet has essentially just set type in panels—but the way the background sags like a deflating hot-air balloon, with the type recessed into it, is so wry and brilliant.

1. To place in a recess. 2. To create or fashion a recess in: recessed a portion of the wall. 3. To suspend for a recess: The committee chair recessed the hearings.

recessed Definitions of recessed adjective having a sunken area synonyms: deep-set, sunken

If something such as a door or window is recessed, it is set into the wall that surrounds it. ...a wide passage, lit from one side by recessed windows. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s …

The shelf is recessed into the wall. The room has recessed lights/lighting. recessed shelves

a part built back or in from the rest, as an alcove in a room. recesses, [plural] a hidden or inner area or part: in the recesses of the palace. v. [~ + object] to place or set in a recess. to …