Oswaldo Guayasamín (1919-1999) Mother and Child (Madre y Niño) Oil on canvas 63 x 36 inches (160.0 x 91.4 cm) Signed along lower edge: GUAYASAMIN Titled on stretcher: Madre y Niño PROVENANCE: The artist; Vincent Young, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above, 1963; Sotheby's, New York, May 7-9, 1981, lot 223; Rafael Tudela, Caracas Venezuela (Hideca U.S.A., Inc.), acquired from the above; By descent to the present owner. LITERATURE: J.C. Aznar, Oswaldo Guayasamin, Barcelona, 1973, no. 92, illustrated. NOTE: The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Fundación Guayasamín. A certificate of authenticity may be obtained from the Fundación upon request and at the buyer's expense. Oswaldo Guayasamín was one of the most powerful voices in 20th-century Latin American art, using the human figure to express suffering, injustice, love, and compassion. Throughout his career, faces and especially hands became his most expressive tools, often exaggerated and simplified to communicate emotions that extend far beyond the individual sitter. In Mother and Child (Madre y Niño), the monumental figures are brought together in an intimate embrace. The mother's elongated arms and large hands surround and protect the child, while their simplified faces and bodies merge into an almost single form. Guayasamín removes nearly everything unnecessary from the composition, allowing gesture—the embrace itself—to carry the emotional weight of the painting. The subject became particularly important during the artist's final period. Beginning in 1988, Guayasamín devoted his major series Mientras Vivo Siempre te Recuerdo, also known as La Edad de la Ternura (The Age of Tenderness), to his mother, Dolores Calero, and through her to mothers everywhere. After decades of confronting violence and human suffering in works such as La Edad de la Ira, these paintings introduced another side of his art: tenderness, protection, and the possibility of love as a response to suffering. Mother and Child embodies this essential aspect of Guayasamín's oeuvre. The powerful hands that elsewhere in his work might express anguish or despair here become instruments of protection. Mother and Child seem almost inseparable, transforming a deeply personal memory of maternal love into a universal image of human connection. HID12401132022 © 2026 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice

The artist; Vincent Young, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above, 1963; Sotheby's, New York, May 7-9, 1981, lot 223; Rafael Tudela, Caracas Venezuela (Hideca U.S.A., Inc.), acquired from the above; By descent to the present owner.

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Framed Dimensions 71.5 X 44.5 Inches