Painting: Stephanus Heidacker (German, B. 1959) Signed Heidacker and Dated (Lower Right): Signed, Titled and Dated (Verso)

She raises the cage, points one finger at the bird, and the bird does not answer.

Woman with Birdcage is an oil on burlap by Stephanus Heidacker (German, b. 1959), from Germany, ca. 1986. It is signed and dated at lower right. Figurative painting returned with force in Germany during the 1980s, when artists made large canvases of human figures for galleries and collectors. A large nude woman sits on yellow ground, her body simplified into heavy, rounded volumes, her profile severe. A green bird perches in the cage on her knee. Behind her stands a long red barn, under a dark, stormy sky. Fifty-five inches wide and 51.5 high.

The barn keeps out of it. Probably wise.