Missfallet

by Albin Amelin

Artist Albin Amelin (Sverige, 1902 - 1975)

Alternate Title

The Miscarriage

Date1929

MediumOil and pastel crayon on paper

Dimensions44 x 56 cm

Classification

Drawings

Countries

Sweden

Credit LineInköp 1980

Object NumberMOMB 58

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkAlbin Amelin's Miscarriage is a social allegory. The foetus is torn from the woman who lies writhing in agony alone in the backyard of some industrial town. The black smoke from the chimney is shaped into hands that grab the foetus. Is it the brutal capitalist, the factory owner, who takes a vice-like hold on his subjects and forces them into the cogwheels of production before they are even born? Amelin's political convictions may be obvious, but there is always something in his art that goes beyond over-explicit moralising and gives the viewer the dual feeling of uncomfortable voyeurism and of being an enlightened person. Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad 'Amelin.29' i blyerts i nedre höger hörn Selected exhibition history Från sekelskifte till 1940-tal Moderna Museet, Stockholm 10 historier - svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling (2007) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues 10 historier : svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling : [2/6 - 9/9 2007]

Works by the artist