Physical Object Description:
Colour woodcut, printed predominantly in orange, mauve, green and black. A group of five semi-nude women, dressed in skirts and scarves on their heads and carrying baskets on their heads, balanced by one hand each are standing in a circle in an opening with two stone piers with balls on top on either side. On the left is a dog in front of the woman who has her back to viewer. The third from the left is holding the hand of a female child and the one on the furthest right is holding the hand of a male child with her left hand. Beyond the gateway, in the background, in blue ink, is a courtyard with a horse on the left, and a men carrying a box on the right.
Technique:
Woodcut
Dimensions:
30.5 x 45.8 cm
Accession Number:
1945,1208.193
Credit:
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1945
Ownership history:
Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1945; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1945