Lot 14: Olga Marie Polunin (Singaporean, b. 1963) Madonna and Child – Under the Lace Veil, 2010

Olga Marie Polunin (Singaporean, b. 1963)
Madonna and Child – Under the Lace Veil, 2010 signed, lower left.oil on canvas60 x 50 cm. (23 3/8 x 19 1/2 in.)

奧爾嘉·帕拉尼 母與子—蕾絲面紗之下 油彩畫布 二零一零年作Provenance:Private Collection, SingaporeExhibited:Brussels Calling!, Porte de Hal Museum, Royal Museum of Belgium, Brussels, 4 May – 29 August 2010The Art of Living, St Regis Hotel, Lotus Arts de Vivre, Bangkok, Thailand, March 2010A nude celestial lady stands in the heavens with a glimmering mantel cradling a moonfaced boy child. Eight stars bear witness to this tender scene. In the Western canon, the Virgin Mary is also known as the Queen of Heaven while in the East, a child in the arms of a Bodhisattva evokes Guanyin as the giver of children.