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Untitled

Artist/Maker (Cuban, b. 1963)
Date1996
MediumColor etching
DimensionsImage: 10 5/8 × 16 7/8 in. (27 × 42.9 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cristina Delgado (OC 1980) and Stephen F. Olsen (OC 1979)
Edition8/8
Object number1997.37.5
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Tomás EssonMore Information
Esson’s works explore imagery of the grotesque, the anatomical, and the erotic. This composition relates to iconography of the Madonna Lactans (Nursing Madonna) popular in European visual traditions, which depicts the Virgin Mary nursing the infant Christ. A variation on this theme is the Lactation of Saint Bernard, in which a stream of the Virgin’s breast milk makes contact with the kneeling saint, symbolizing the transference of divine wisdom. Like the blood of Christ, the milk of the Virgin plays a sacred role in Catholic doctrine.
Exhibition History
Prints Since 1960
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 25, 1998 - November 1, 1998 )
Print Portfolios Since 1960
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 6, 1998 - December 20, 1998 )
Acquisitions in Contemporary Art
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 25, 2001 - January 13, 2002 )
Latin American and Latino Art at the Allen
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 2, 2014 - June 28, 2015 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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