Alice NeelThe unblinking anxiety of modern life

Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia), 1982

Lived from January 28, 1900 — October 13, 1984
Born in United States
Worked in Cuba
movements Early Modernism Expressionism
subjects Badass Female Artists

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Degenerate Madonna

Nancy

Jackie Curtis and Ritta Redd

Hartley and Ginny

Stephen Shepard

Victoria and The Cat

Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia)

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