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| Artist: |
Marlene Dumas |
| Title: |
The benefit of the doubt |
| Date: |
1998 |
| Description: |
Small, three-part work set within a frame. Each part, or panel, is a depiction of 3 faces set against a flat yellowish background. In the centre panel a figure is seen with what seems to be a rope passing through her left hand and the profile of a man's face is depicted on her right. |
| Type: |
Print |
| Medium: |
Digital print on paper |
| Measurements: |
Panel 1: 181 x 401 mm ; Panel 2: 181 x 273 mm; Panel 3: 181 x 401 mm |
| Inscription: |
"Handed over by Mr. Wim Kok, Prime Minister of The Netherlands, to the Constitutional Court of South Africa on 28 February 2001." |
| Source: |
Donated by the Dutch government and the artist, 2001 |
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| Artist: |
Marlene Dumas |
| Title: |
The benefit of the doubt: 1 |
| Date: |
2000 |
| Description: |
Extremely large tapestry showing two faces on the left and right, and a head-and-shoulder view of a young person in the centre. The figures are set against a flat, ochre background. |
| Type: |
Tapestry |
| Medium: |
Fibre |
| Measurements: |
1980 x 10750 mm |
| Inscription: |
None |
| Source: |
Donated by the Dutch government and the artist, 2001 |
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| Artist: |
Marlene Dumas |
| Title: |
The benefit of the doubt: 2 |
| Date: |
2000 |
| Description: |
Very large tapestry showing three people. The profile of a woman is seen on the left, and that of a man on the right. The figure in the centre, mainly in blue and black, has her arms bent and hands turned outward. The background is flat and of two colours, yellow (left) and beige-yellow (right). |
| Type: |
Tapestry |
| Medium: |
Fibre |
| Measurements: |
1980 x 7420 mm |
| Inscription: |
None |
| Source: |
Donated by the Dutch government and the artist, 2001 |
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| Artist: |
Marlene Dumas |
| Title: |
The benefit of the doubt: 3 |
| Date: |
2000 |
| Description: |
Extremely large tapestry focussing on three faces. The one on the left is in profile, and that on the right in 3/4 view. The face in the centre gazes full-on at the viewer. The faces are set against a flat background of yellow-beige. |
| Type: |
Tapestry |
| Medium: |
Fibre |
| Measurements: |
1980 x 10750 mm |
| Inscription: |
None |
| Source: |
Donated by the Dutch government and the artist, 2001 |
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