Man in Paper Drawer
Entry ID
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135 (22/02/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Man in Paper Drawer
Description of the sculpture
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Portrait of a man against a brown background painted onto the inside base of a drawer. The man is depicted wearing a white and pink collared shirt with blue triangular shapes on the right shoulder. The front of the drawer is painted white and has a key hole and a blue glass knob.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Other
Base
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No base
Dimensions
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Height: 47 cm
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Width: 37 cm
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Depth: 9 cm
Materials
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Wood (unidentified)
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Paint / pigment
Specific techniques used
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Polychromy
Overall colour
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Polychrome
Does the Black person have a specific identity?
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Anonymous: specific individual but not currently identifiable
Role within sculpture
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Main protagonist
Gender
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Male
Age
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Adult
Status
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Free citizen
Clothing
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Wearing clothes – European/Western clothing
Evidence of enslavement
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None
Evidence of 'exotic' status
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None
Action or activity
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Not relevant (head)
Emotional state
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Neutral/emotionless
Focus of gaze of Black person
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Looking outwards (engaging viewer)
Sculptural context
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No location included/implied
Sculptor
Place of production
Period of production
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Twenty-first century (2000 -2099)
Date of Production
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2017
Date inferred from
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Recorded in related documentation
Original purpose
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Unknown
Original display setting
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Unknown
Current owner
Current / most recently known location
Accession number
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RC220
Provenance history
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Purchased by Rugby Art Gallery and Museum with the assistance of a grant from the Art Fund and an award from the Arts Council England/Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund
Notes
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On short term loan to the Tate.
Current rights holder
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/1114, . (no date) ‘Man in Paper Drawer’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/1118
