
Ancestress (Translation)
Vorfahrin (Primary Title)
Conrad Felixmüller, German, 1897 - 1977 (Artist)
It is not clear from Felixmüller’s title whether the elderly subject of this portrait is his own family ancestor or the relative of a laborer in the working-class communities he often portrayed. Either way, when placed in the context of his images of infants and birth, he convincingly conveys his keen awareness of the dignity and vulnerability apparent on both ends of the cycle of life.
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