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Amalia Polleri
Untitled (Children Sleeping)

1943

$900
£685.82
€790.94
CA$1,278.27
A$1,373.43
CHF 736.84
MX$16,180.58

About the Item

Amalia Polleri, 'Untitled (Sleeping Children)', Conté crayon on cream wove drawing paper, signed and dated '43 in ink beneath the image, lower right; with 1/4 margins all around. Archivally matting to museum standards. Amalia Polleri was a was a Uruguayan painter, sculptor, printmaker, art critic, and teacher, as well as a print and radio journalist and defender of women’s rights. She won the 1st prize in drawing and engraving, National Hall, 1942, and in 1995 received the Gold Candelabra Prize for lifetime achievement by the Jewish organization B'nai B'rith Uruguay. In 2013 a retrospective exhibition of her work was held at the Gurvich Museum, Montevideo.
  • Creator:
    Amalia Polleri (1919 - 1996, Uruguayan)
  • Creation Year:
    1943
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)Depth: 0.01 in (0.26 mm)
  • Medium:
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  • Condition:
    Several short, professionally repaired tears to the sheet edges, barely visible and not affecting the image.
  • Gallery Location:
    Myrtle Beach, SC
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 987861stDibs: LU53232660391

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