Sourced directly from a premium estate, this deeply intimate, textured figurative oil painting is a documented piece of mid-century art history. The canvas depicts a powerful, deeply lined maternal figure holding a young child, beautifully capturing a universal theme with raw expressionist emotion. Exhibition Provenance & Inscriptions: * Artist's Private Exhibition Stock: The reverse side of the board features crucial, authentic handwritten artist inscriptions documenting its gallery history. It is officially marked with the artist's name and catalog designation "Ed Rodriguez #5." * The Scratched-Out Hawaii Connection: The back documents a fascinating exhibition history, retaining an original handwritten "Hawaii" destination label that was later crossed out as its exhibition circuit evolved. * The Ultimate Collector Status (NFS): Most notably, the canvas is clearly inscribed "-1969- NFS Mother and Child." The NFS (Not For Sale) designation firmly establishes this painting as a masterwork from Rodriguez's personal collection, intentionally withheld from public sale during his lifetime due to its artistic superiority. On sale in spirit of the summer season!