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ID number:  BIRBI-92.4
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Artist / Maker:  Sutherland, Graham (1903-1980)
Title / Object name:  La Petite Afrique
Object type:  Print
Culture:  British
Date made:  1953
Materials:  Lithograph
Provenance:  Purchased by the Friends of the Barber Institute from the Redfern Gallery, London, July 1992
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This print is a study of a natural form that evokes a twisted and decaying human body, drawing comparisons with the Crucifixion images in Print Power. In 1953 he was working on the commission of a tapestry for Coventry Cathedral; there are echoes of that design in the small panels.

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