Painting, Ink on Paper by Carlos Alonso: Signed

An angel leans in close, wings raised, while the man in her arms appears in three faces at once.

Angel Comforting Male Figure is an ink work on paper by Carlos Alonso of Argentina, signed and made around 1966. Alonso is widely regarded as one of Argentina's leading figurative artists, known for expressive drawing and an unflinching eye for violence and politics. Quick, scratchy pen lines build the man's head in overlapping versions, mouth open, a revolver raised to his temple. A winged figure with a calm, heavy-lidded face wraps an arm around him as a hand points out of the scene at left. It is 19 inches wide and 13.75 high.

The angel's composure is doing a great deal of work.