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Artist:  Judith Mason
Title:  The Blue Dress: 1
Date:  1995
Description:  Part 1 (painting) of a triptych showing a suspended blue dress with animal (predator) tearing at pieces of the dress. The dress is set against a honeycomb-like grid.
Type:  Painting
Medium:  Oil on board
Measurements:  1663 x 1220 mm
Inscription:  Signed by the artist
Source:  Donated by Nancy Gordon, Justice Albie Sachs and the artist, 1995
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Artist:  Judith Mason
Title:  The Blue Dress: 2
Date:  1995
Description:  Construction of a dress made of pieces of blue plastic, which are sewn together. Text is painted onto the dress beginning with "Sister, a plastic bag may not be the armour of God but..."
Type:  Sculpture
Medium:  Mixed media
Measurements:  2210 x 700 x 450 mm
Inscription:  None
Source:  Donated by Nancy Gordon, Justice Albie Sachs and the artist, 1995
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Artist:  Judith Mason
Title:  The Blue Dress: 3
Date:  1995
Description:  Part 3 (painting) of a triptych showing a suspended blue dress with animal (predator) facing the viewer. The work also includes images of glowing braziers and a mug.
Type:  Painting
Medium:  Oil on canvas
Measurements:  1902 x 1600 mm
Inscription:  Signed by the artist
Source:  Donated by Nancy Gordon, Justice Albie Sachs and the artist, 1995
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Artist:  Judith Mason
Title:  Gothic Leopard
Date:  1986
Description:  Image of a leopard perched on a ball with a long tail that turns into a snake. The background is red with diamond shapes.
Type:  Tapestry
Medium:  Fibre
Measurements:  1945 x 2775 mm
Inscription:  Back of work: Weaver - Marguerite Stephens 1986. Edition 1/3
Source:  Donated by Mark Read, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, 1999
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