The figurative side of Joya has always produced gentle, contemplative images in the romantic manner. Joya even “documents” the exotically romantic imagery of provincial dresses. The mother nursing her child is endowed here with an earthy yet elegiac quality. For all its logic and clarity the picture remains a remarkable example of Joya’s powers of pictorial composition.
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Jose Joya 1931-1995
Mother and Child
signed and dated 1993 (lower left)
pastel on paper
20” x 13” (51 cm x 33 cm)
SOLD: PHP 817,600
This piece is accompanied by a certificate issued by Mrs. Josefa Joya-Baldovino confirming the authenticity of this lot
Provenance: Private Collection, Manila