The Suicide of the Prisoner I (Suicidio do prisioneiro I); The Suicide of the Prisoner II (Suicidio do prisioneiro II)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Malangatana Valente Ngwenya

Title

The Suicide of the Prisoner I (Suicidio do prisioneiro I); The Suicide of the Prisoner II (Suicidio do prisioneiro II)

Place

Mozambique (Artist's nationality:)

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1965

Medium

Pen and black ink on cream wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed and dated lower left of left sheet, in pen and black ink: “26.7.1965 / Malangatana”; lower left of right sheet, in pen and black ink: “26.7. 65 / Malangatana”

Dimensions

Left: 39.3 × 20.8 cm (15 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.); Right: 39.3 × 20.8 cm (15 1/2 × 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2021.17.1

Copyright

© 1965 Fundação Malangatana Valente Ngwenya.

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