Baby chicks cluster around their mother hen, each flaunting bright plumage in different colors. Watching over them attentively, the mother bird dwarfs her eleven diminutive babies as they bask in the shade of a green tree. J. Borges creates a delightful woodcut print in his hallmark naif style as he recalls his childhood in rural Brazil.
Xylograph (woodcut) print on paper, titled "A Galinha e os Pintinhos" in Portuguese.
- 30 grams
- 1.06 oz
- 48 cm W x 33 cm H
- 19" W x 13" H
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NY Times writer Ariano Suassuna considered him the best popular xylographer in the Northeast. J. Borges was declared a Living Heritage by the State of Pernambuco.
"I was born in the countryside in Pernambuco, on December 20, 1935. My father was a farmer and I helped him farm the land from the age of eight.... read more