Provenance: Private Collection, Manila

ABOUT THE WORK

          Jose Joya’s portraits does not only charm the classic image of the mother and child, he also elevates the importance of the Filipino family as seen in this pastel on paper artwork. 
          His figurative side has always produced gentle, contemplative images in the romantic manner.  Joya even “documents” the exotically romantic imagery of provincial dresses.  The parents nursing their child is endowed 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.