Still Life #8

Manoucher Yektai

1952

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A smiling, nude cherubic female child holding a duck in each arm standing atop a cylindrical plinth embellished with five ducks in bas-relief on a hexagonal base. The sculpture is piped for use as a fountain, with small copper tubes visible in the mouth of the ducks held by the toddler. The condition is commensurate with age and use and the weathered green verdigris patina resulted from being kept outdoors as a working fountain, its intended use.
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A rear view of two black women holding hands and walking down the street with a black child. The women and the child don dresses and overcoats. The heads and shoulders of the women are not visible due to cropping at the top, and the purse held by another cropped figure creates a dynamic diagonal at the bottom right.
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