Without Bread and Without Work

Without Bread and Without Work or Sin pan y sin trabajo, is a realist oil-on-canvas painting by Argentine artist Ernesto de la Cárcova. De la Cárcova finished it in 1894, making it the first major painting in Argentine history to portray social issues. The artwork measures 125,5 centimeters in width and 216 centimeters in height. By the time it was painted, De la Cárcova was affiliated with the Centro Obrero Socialista, which was the predecessor of the Socialist Party of Argentina founded two years later.

The first public apparition of the painting was in the Segundo salón del Ateneo de Buenos Aires of 1894. In 1904 it was selected by Eduardo Schiaffino to be sent to the St. Louis World Fair, where it won the Grand Prize and was featured in several newspapers.

Since 1906 the artwork is exhibited in the National Museum of Fine Arts of Buenos Aires.

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner claimed during a speech that it was her favorite painting.

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