Madonna
1934
Black-and-white lithograph
12” x 14” plate
and (2) pencil on trace studies
14” x 17 ¼” and 7 ⅛” x 4”
Elizabeth Moaney raised her family in Copperville and worked at the nearby farm known as Hope. This print was recorded to be an attempt to convey the nurturing desire of mothers to protect and watch over their babies. Moaney, in the titular role, sits quietly on a simple, overturned peach basket, watching over her sleeping baby. Despite the otherwise modest surroundings, Moaney’s infant rests in a treasure–an 18th-century American cradle; doubtless a gift from the admiring family who lived at Hope.
