Woman Carrying Two Baskets

Artist Diego Rivera Mexican, 1886 - 1957

Date1937

MediumWatercolor and charcoal

DimensionsOverall: 19 1/2 x 25 in. (49.5 x 63.5 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 28 1/4 x 34 3/4 in. (71.8 x 88.3 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGiven in memory of the Honorable David Brewer Karrick by his wife, Elizabeth de Blasiis Karrick and their children, David B. Karrick, Jr. and Elizabeth M. Karrick.

Object number1991.1

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Modern and Contemporary Art
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DescriptionA full-length, profile view of a barefoot figure of a walking woman with brown skin and dark hair. She wears a white dress that comes nearly to her ankles. Striding to the right, she leans forward into the weight of a heavy basket carried on her back by means of a blue cloth sling that wraps around the basket and over her right shoulder. In her right hand she carries another basket with a handle. The contents of the baskets are covered with a while cloth, or that is their content. The figure of a laborer is a typical Rivera image and many have been used in his large murals of Mexican life and history. Charcoal outlines the figure and accents the gathers of her skirt.

GIven to The Hyde in its original frame.Exhibition History"50 at 50: Five Decades of Collecting at the Hyde". Wood Gallery, Education Wing, Hyde House, The Hyde Collection. Glens Falls, January 16, 2013 -April 14, 2013

"From the Vault: Staff Selections", THe Hyde Collection, Whitney-Renz Gallery, January 11, 2019-March 31, 2019Provenance1937, Mexico City, Mexico
1937, Washington, D.C., Elizabeth de Blasiis Karrick
1991, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust