The dramatically stylized heart-shaped head of this sculpture tapers into a thin leaf-like section, givin🅷g a graceful sculptural movement to the seated mother with her infant. The tiny facial features deeply recessed within the broad sweep of the face imbue her with a trance-like calmness. The prominent multiple earrings are also featured on the small separately-modeled infant resting within her rounded and folded legs.

The abstract stylization of this figure bears a charming similarity to a 1948 painting by Jean Dubuffet entitled Chamelier, which David Solinger acquired in 1954 from Pierre Matisse Gallery, the same year as he purchased the presen💃t sculpture from Sidney Janis Gallery in New York.