Explore the Part I, #8: On the Beach at St. Tropez (1991) about the Descriptions and locations of this artwork.
On the Beach at St. Tropez depicts Willia Marie laying on a beach in Saint-Tropez with her son Pierrot, surrounded by other families and beachgoers. In the text, Willia Marie has a conversation with Pierrot about why she chose to stay in France to be an artist rather than raise him. The conversation is gentle and warm, and Pierrot accepts her explanation. Ringgold did not have any sons, and her daughter Michele Wallace has said this story reflects the artist's belief that relationships between mothers and sons are supposedly calmer than those between mothers and daughters.As of 2022, On the Beach at St. Tropez was in the private collection of Patricia Blanchet and her late husband, television broadcaster Ed Bradley.
Saint-Tropez Ed Bradley Michele Wallace