Citation
"A Woman Comforting a Girl with Braids (David Alfaro Siqueiros) , 2008.314.5,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/53703.
Simplified, semi abstract shapes in black, printed on orange paper depict two figures. At left, a girl stands with her back to us, bows her head. She wears a knee-length dress, and her dark hair is in two long braids that hang down her back. At center, a woman stands facing us, as she places her hand on the girl’s back, facing her with closed eyes. The woman, taller, has shorter hair, bobbed at the sides and also wears a knee-length dress. A scalloped shape above them suggests the canopy of a bed.