Provenance: A gift from the artist to the present owner

ABOUT THE WORK

Napoleon Abueva’s versatility in both medium and expression chides facile categorization. His kind of creativity is fluid, ever changing, chameleon like in its elusiveness, not allowing itself to be entrapped into a single mold. The most flexible of artists, he has done sculpture in a wide range of media. Here, the figure of a woman lays down holding her baby. As Abueva’s work progressed in maturity, it has become more and more characterized by a rich and rare blend of imagination — qualities that spring from an artistic individualism that would pursue his art without inhibition or self consciousness. Abueva’s art demonstrates that the impulse to make figurative sculpture continues, often resulting in works that hold their own among other art in the modernist mainstream.