Young Mother

1936

Robert Austin

Associated Names
Robert Austin

Artist, British, 1895 - 1973

The image shows a person standing with their back facing the viewer, wearing a voluminous cloak that drapes down to the floor. The person's head is turned to the side, looking towards an object resembling a cradle, with one hand resting on it. Their hair is styled in a low bun, visible from the back. The loose, flowing clothing covers the feet, with the toes peeking out on the side. The setting is an interior space with wooden floorboards and plain walls, with shadows and light adding depth. No visible jewelry or objects are being held.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift from Clare Calder and her sister Rachel Austin

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13 × 10 cm (5 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 23.3 × 22.5 cm (9 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.5.16

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fine Art Society 2001, no. 112

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rachel Austin and Clare Calder (the artist's daughters); acquired 2012 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

2001

  • Drawings and Prints by Robert Sargent Austin, with a Complete Catalog of His Prints. London: Fine Art Society, 2001, no. 112.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: hand taken out and put in again. / arm shortened. Top of head taken out, / & made less high, more stipple on cloak, arm straightened, top of cradle / by later hand?, upper left verso in black ink by unknown hand: 13

Wikidata ID

Q76560479

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