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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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