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Father and Son, n.d., features a lumbering protector and a lingering child, composed from bold color and clean lines that reference the machine-like aesthetic of the early twentieth century. The work of this Italian artist focuses on heroic narratives that feature  larger-than-life protagonists.

Source: News, Oct Nov Dec 2017

DimensionsSheet: 48 1/8 × 31 1/2 in. (122.2 × 80 cm)
Plate: 35 1/16 × 24 1/4 in. (89.1 × 61.6 cm)
Accession Number 2017.9
Classificationsprint
SignedS Chia (l,r graphite)
Inscriptions34/75 (l,l graphite)
Edition34/75
MarksStamperia Berardinelli Verona Italia (l,r blind stamp with logo) BFK RIVES France ∞ (l,r watermark) u,r watermark with floral logo
Father and Son
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Sator Arepo
Sandro Chia
2014
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Standing mother, son (on table), and father
Michael Disfarmer
ca. 1920
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Bearded father holding son, England
Ken Heyman
1982
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Untitled (Father and Son)
Angela Strassheim
2004
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
The Prodigal Son Taking Leave of his Parents, from The Prodigal Son
Abraham Bosse
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Paterfamilias (The Father of the Family)
Adriaen van Ostade
1648
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Le Père Ubu (Father Ubu)
Georges Rouault
etched 1929, printed 1955
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
The Artist's Father
Glenn Brown
2016
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Robert Besnard et son âne
Albert Besnard
1888
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
L'Enfant Prodigue Dissipe son Bien, from "La Vie de l'Enfant Prodigue"
after Jacques Callot
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
My Son Leonardo
Mauricio Lasansky
1959
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Départ pour Memphis (Departure of the Prodigal Son)
Henri Mauperché
date unknown