ANTONIO BLANCO | Mother and Child

Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection, Indonesia

Fabulous Blanco/ Antonio Blanco: His Life, His Works, His Dreams, Blanco Fine Arts Foundation, 1991, p. 124

This work is in good overall condition as viewed. There is evidence of light wear along the edges of the work due to abrasions with the frame. There is some faint, hairline craquelure but this is stable and consistent with the age of the work. There are pinhead sized paint losses along the left side of the upper edge. Examination under ultraviolet light reveals no sign of restoration as viewed. Framed.
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Mother and Child
         round firm, secure the weel of august life
         that change not in bali boston or kingly scone
         from breast to bone to muscled strife
         man and woman, oneness, supreme, alone

- Poem by Antonio Blanco from a series of 33 selected collaged-poems entitled "Fragments of Enchantment"