Women of Lucania
linocut
50.8 x 38.1
2018-13
@The artist's estate
Photo: Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
Weiss’ figurative works concentrate on working-class protagonists both in England and, in the latter part of his career, in Italy. This bold linocut shows two peasant women from Lucania, in...
Weiss’ figurative works concentrate on working-class protagonists both in England and, in the latter part of his career, in Italy. This bold linocut shows two peasant women from Lucania, in Southern Italy, their bulky skirts, stout shoes and tightly-wound headscarves, emphasising their solid forms which dominate the foreground, the mountainous landscape of this ancient region just visible behind them. Reminiscent of Russian folk-art motifs, a painted version of this work was shown in the Ben Uri retrospective in 1980.
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