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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Woman and Child (Femme et enfant)
Gino Severini was a significant figure in the Italian Futurist movement, which celebrated the technology, speed, and energy of modern life. Rather than concentrating on the technological aspect in this piece, Severini focused on family dynamics. With his Cubism-inspired flair, he portrays a woman tenderly holding a child. The subject reflects Severini’s family experience. His wife gave birth to their daughter Gina in 1915.
ArtistGino Severini(1883-1966)
Italian, 1883 - 1966
Date1916
MediumOil on burlap
Dimensions53 x 40 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. (134.6 x 102.9 x 5.4 cm)
Signedl.r.: G. Severini
Mark(s)verso, u.r., on backing board, label: #69 / Alfred Stieglitz Collection - Fisk University / Gino Severini / "Femme et Enfant" 1911 / 51 1/4 x 38 1/2
verso, u.r., on backing board: [Yale University Art Gallery label]
verso, u.r., on backing board: [Pennsylvania Museum of Art label]
Credit LineAlfred Stieglitz Collection, Co-owned by Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
ClassificationPainting
ProvenanceArtist; to Alfred Stieglitz, New York, NY, 1917; by bequest to Georgia O’Keeffe (his wife), New York, NY, 1946; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, 1949; to Fisk University, Nashville, TN, and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, as co-owners, 2012
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 294× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.
