Grape Packer is an important example of Stern’s mature works from the 1950s and early 60s, and her increasing focus on labourers as subjects. The youthful woman’s gaze is averted from the viewer, as is usual in Stern’s portraiture and figurative painting, but the infant looks directly out. Stern rarely painted children; after her divorce in 1934, she remained unmarried for the rest of her life and never had children of her own. Her looks and weight were often derided in the press. It is possible that at this stage in her life, as she turned 60 and her health began to fail, she was particularly drawn to such timeless figures of youth and fertility.
About the Canvas Prints
Grape Packer - Irma Stern by Irma Stern. Bring your artwork to life with the texture and depth of a stretched canvas print. Your image gets printed onto our premium processed canvases and then stretched on a white maple wooden frame (gallery wrap) or framed inside black maple (framed canvas). Your canvas print will be shipped within 4 days in "ready to frame" condition for normal rolled and "ready to hang" condition for frames and wraps with pre-attached hanging wire and/or mounting points.