Woman with Child on Back
Entry ID
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109 (04/02/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Woman with Child on Back
Description of the sculpture
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A varnished and painted statue of a woman carrying a young child upon her back made from welded steel strips and plates.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Statue: Group (multiple figures)
Base
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No base
Dimensions
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Height: 175 cm
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Width: 72 cm
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Depth: 55 cm
Materials
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Other
Specific techniques used
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Polychromy
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Other
Overall colour
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Polychrome
Does the Black person have a specific identity?
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Anonymous: generic/idealised type
Role within sculpture
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Main protagonist
Gender
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Female
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Uncertain
Age
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Adult
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Baby
Status
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Uncertain
Clothing
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Wearing clothes – indigenous clothing
Evidence of enslavement
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None
Evidence of 'exotic' status
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None
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‘Exotic’ costume/dress
Action or activity
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Standing
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Other
Emotional state
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Indeterminate
Focus of gaze of Black person
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Indeterminate
Sculptural context
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No location included/implied
Sculptor
Place of production
Period of production
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Twentieth century (1900-1999)
Date of Production
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1986
Date inferred from
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Recorded in related documentation
Price history
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1990: £5000 (£9,984.90 in 2021)
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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L.F40.1990.0.0
Provenance history
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1990: purchased from the artist by the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery from the artist with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum/MGC Purchase Grant Fund assistance
Current rights holder
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/917, . (no date) ‘Woman with Child on Back’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/910
