id: 114951
accession number: 1935.125
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1935.125
updated: 2022-10-28 21:25:46.230000
Pietà, 1929. Wiktorya J. Gorynska (Polish, 1902–1945). Wood engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride 1935.125
title: Pietà
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creation date: 1929
creation date earliest: 1929
creation date latest: 1929
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creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride
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culture: Poland, 20th century
technique: wood engraving
department: Prints
collection: PR - Wood engraving
type: Print
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CREATORS
* Wiktorya J. Gorynska (Polish, 1902–1945) - artist
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Prints Accessioned in 1935
opening date: 1936-10-14T05:00:00
Prints Accessioned in 1935. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 14-November 8, 1936).
title: Contemporary European Prints from the Museum Collection
opening date: 1939-07-17T04:00:00
Contemporary European Prints from the Museum Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 17-September 6, 1939).
title: Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance
opening date: 2019-10-13T04:00:00
Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 13, 2019-February 23, 2020).
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Twentieth-century artists, particularly those seeking to express religious feeling, often turned to Renaissance works of art as models. Although in reverse, the composition of this 20th-century pietà bears strong resemblance to Michelangelo’s 1498 sculpture. Both compositions are deeply mournful, capturing the sorrow of the mother's loss of her child, even while Wiktorya Gorynska’s print displays aspects of modern art such as flattened space and simplified, abstract forms. Gorynska added unique elements, such as the striped shroud and the kneeling figure of Saint John the Evangelist at left.
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