Mother and Child

1935

Emilio Amero

Artist, Mexican, 1901 - 1976

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 23.18 × 19.37 cm (9 1/8 × 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 40.32 × 29.21 cm (15 7/8 × 11 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.430

More About this Artwork

A woman is shown from behind in a white dress with a black sweater hanging over her shoulders. She stands looking towards two abstract paintings hanging on a white wall. A two piece vibrant yellow painting hangs to the left. On the right is a painting with two triangles of kelly green one of which is inverted so they meet in the middle of the canvas. The remaining left and right of the canvas is a solid white.

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2024

  • "American Modernism. Borderlands: Expanded Visions of the Southwest," National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 15, 2024–January 10, 2025.

Inscriptions

"AMERO 35" lower right margin, pencil, artist's hand.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

RIVES, lower left margin

Wikidata ID

Q64955728

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