Marlene Dumas

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Description

Marlene Dumas
The Taboo
signed, titled and dated 2000 on the reverse
oil on canvas
90 1/2 by 23 5/8 in. 229.9 by 60 cm.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Catalogue Note

“Where does the Black Model
come from?
some dark
blue place
where the sun always shines?
From an old African
postcard and Naomi Campbell’s
legs in Vogue.
From the city;
from her liking crowds
and hating
solitude.
from Giacometti;
from the brothel
in Avignon
from Mary of Egypt;
from everywhere
these days.”

Marlene Dumas, “A Queen of Spades” from Models, 1995.