Yoruba Couple by David C. Driskell, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center https://www.nga.gov/artworks/228247-yoruba-couple
"Yoruba Couple" lower left margin, graphite, artist’s hand. "3/100" lower center
"Yoruba Couple" lower left margin, graphite, artist’s hand. "3/100" lower center
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions "Moon 76" lower right margin, graphite, artist’s hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions "Moon 75" lower right margin, graphite, artist’s hand
"canyon clouds" lower left margin, graphite, artist’s hand.
"OK 2 Print" lower left margin, graphite, artist’s hand.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, as he turned from a career as a painter and a graphic and tapestry designer to concentrate on sculpture, Aristide Maillol was shaping what would become the leitmotif of his career. The subject that inspired him was the female nude, carefully observed but transmuted by underlying geometric forms into a kind of architecture, evoking the timeless rather than the individual.
She holds her left hand, to our right, to that cheek so the elbow is close to the
He looks off to the left and grips the white cloth with the hand closer to the woman
We don’t know their names, but they are a lovely couple. He is dignified, with watch chain, derby, and cane.
He wears a three-piece tuxedo and holds a bowler hat and cane in his right hand,
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions "Moon ’77" lower right margin, graphite, artist’s hand
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions "Moon ’75" lower right margin, graphite, artist’s hand