Mother and child

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, twisted body, the schematized figure of a child crosswise superimposed, the face marked by a tapering chin and massive ears, slightly dam., cracks (right side of the body, back), rep. (right shank), socle;
mother-and-child images refer to the universal theme of motherhood, underscoring ideas of nourishment, family and continuity of a lineage or state.