Lady Giant in mask - In cradle puppet movement Item Number: 3546/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Painting on paper depicting a woman with a cradle puppet. Masked woman is standing behind large cradle and is reaching into it, with her arms stretched out towards the puppet. Smaller puppet is sitting up with its arms bent and reaching for woman; both figures have unbound brown hair. Two long strings connected to puppet's back and are threaded through headboard of cradle, extending onto right side of painting. Cradle has high head and footboards; headboard is more upright, footboard steeply tilted backwards. Formline designs across figures and cradle; done in black, gold, teal, brown, maroon, and lime green. Title and artist signature written in pen along bottom edge of painting. Additional numbers written in corners on front and back.