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Marlene Dumas — Schets voor een Monument voor de Vrede (Sketch in front of a Monument to the Peace)
Marlene Dumas

Schets voor een Monument voor de Vrede (Sketch in front of a Monument to the Peace)

This colored lithograph by Marlene Dumas presents a contemplative sketch for a peace monument, rendered in the artist's characteristic gestural style that blends figuration with abstraction. The work demonstrates Dumas's interest in exploring themes of commemoration and human vulnerability through loose, expressive mark making and subtle color harmonies. As a lithograph printed on wove paper with full margins, the piece maintains the intimacy of a study while achieving the reproducibility inherent to the medium, reflecting Dumas's engagement with both drawing and printmaking processes.

Medium
Lithograph in colours, on wove paper, with full margins.

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Evening & Day Editions

January 23, 2025

Lot 145

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Marlene Dumas, Schets voor een Monument voor de Vrede (Sketch in front of a Monument to the Peace)

This colored lithograph by Marlene Dumas presents a contemplative sketch for a peace monument, rendered in the artist's characteristic gestural style that blends figuration with abstraction. The work demonstrates Dumas's interest in exploring themes of commemoration and human vulnerability through loose, expressive mark making and subtle color harmonies. As a lithograph printed on wove paper with full margins, the piece maintains the intimacy of a study while achieving the reproducibility inherent to the medium, reflecting Dumas's engagement with both drawing and printmaking processes.

Medium
Lithograph in colours, on wove paper, with full margins.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Drawing and sketching, Contemplative Mood, Figurative Abstraction, Expressionism, Mixed Media, South African Artist, Political Subject Matter, Contemporary Art, 20th-21st Century, Peace and monument

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Art Institute of Chicago