33. Gathered around the polenta [1912]
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33. Gathered around the polenta [1912]
References
COMAN, Anton, "Octav Băncilă", State Publishing House for Literature and Art, Bucharest, 1954.
oil on canvas, 82 x 100 cm, Signed and dated lower left, in black, "Octav Băncilă, 1912"
Research information
The artwork is reproduced in "Calendarul Minervei" under the title "La culesul porumbului" (Harvesting Corn), 1915, p.124. The artwork is reproduced in "Revista Luceafarul," Year XIII, No. 7. The artwork is reproduced in the catalog "Octav Băncilă 1872-1972," published by the Museum of Art of the Socialist Republic of Romania, Bucharest, 1972, p.34, under the title "Țărani făcând mămăligă" (Villagers Making Mămăligă).
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