Peasant Woman
Catalog no.
0096
Year
1970
Subject
Portrait
Media
Oil / Acrylic /
Oil on board
Size (H x W)
25 x 21 inches
Availability
For sale, Priced
Price
£750
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Subtitled "Ti tha kanomai, Kyrie Pavlo?". The painting started from a drawing made in Greece, was abandoned for a few years and reached its present state on return to England, "Ti tha Kanomai? meaning literally "what shall we do" is a common phrase in Greek and could be colloquially translated as "what's the use?" accompanied by a gesture of the right hand, probably a legacy from the four hundred years of occupation." (PBB 1970). The artist resisted the several offers made to buy this work as he was so fond of it.
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