This work, sparsely executed in tones of black, grey and brown, already betrays the radically different sculptured style that was later to become Picasso's hallmark.
Village life is simple, but for the women the work is hard; women worked the sparsely fertile land, threshed the wheat, tended to the cattle, carried crops back to the home and cooked the meals.
Jane Russell, who died Monday at the age of eighty-nine, her her last starring roles in a couple of low-budget Westerns in 1966, and had worked only sparsely since the fifties.
Alec Gores, who is 48, works out of sparsely decorated offices in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, while Tom Gores, 37, runs Platinum from a high-rise in Century City with mohair-covered walls and Miró originals.
As a result, it discovered that Norway had to abandon an employment tax-deduction system that had worked well for sparsely populated areas in the north, resulting in negative effects on businesses which suddenly found themselves with much higher costs.
The notion of starting the work in a sparsely populated section of the state has been ridiculed.
The emphasis on freedom and individual choice may work in the sparsely populated parts of the country.
It's a powerful work, lyrical and sparsely textured – though much of its power derives from its searing text.
But now it's a 20-minute slot at the crematorium, a half-day off work, a funeral sparsely attended by gormless people standing around in anoraks, shuffling their feet in embarrassment and singing "My Way".
Working in a sparsely furnished corner office in Cupertino with industrial-grade carpeting, dressed in plain black slacks and a white sweater, the petite 52-year-old woman is in the thick of another day jam-packed with meetings.
