Mother with Baby Child

CCAC #: 0084B
Artwork title: Mother with Baby Child
Artist(s): Dumile Feni
Year made: Unknown
Artwork type: Paper
Medium: Pen and ink on paper, double-sided work.
Framed dimensions (in mm): 780 x 705
Source: Donated by Albie Sachs
Year acquired: 2004
Installation type: Movable artwork
Current location: On private display
Exhibitions:
Signage:

This charged ink drawing captures Feni's anger about injustice, as evinced by the text, but also references fighting for peace, as shown by the peace sign gestures. In the right corner, a baby clutches onto their mother: “Free from my mother’s womb / How should I describe death”, alluding to a longing for his mother country South Africa.

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CCAC 435022

Photographer: Unrecorded
Photo copyright: Consult with CCT curatorial team

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