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Madonna

Watercolour
1979 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A watercolour painting depicting a woman letting out a scream as she suckles her baby. The baby appears as a fully grown but miniature man with sharpened teeth.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMadonna (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour and bodycolour and varnish
Brief description
Watercolour by Elena Samperi, 'Madonna', pencil, watercolour, bodycolour and varnish, London, 1979
Physical description
A watercolour painting depicting a woman letting out a scream as she suckles her baby. The baby appears as a fully grown but miniature man with sharpened teeth.
Dimensions
  • Height: 72.2cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1996
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated in pencil 'Elena Samperi 79'
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Kent, Sarah and Jacqueline Morreau. Women's Images of Men. London: Pandora, 1985. 200p, ill. ISBN 0044404611. p.27 and p. 48 (illus. p.70)
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1996
Collection
Accession number
E.1037-1996

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Record createdApril 20, 2009
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