Flowers of the Mediterranean no 2

Leslie Hakim-Dowek, 1960


Flowers of the Mediterranean no 2

Leslie Hakim-Dowek 1960

Summary

Yellow flower with round green leaves painted on a green/blue background. Rectangular-shaped wood support with top corners cut diagonally, painted red on the sides and white on the back. The structure of the wooden base resembles funeral architecture, specifically a head stone. This work is from a series which commemorates certain plants threatened with extinction; each work is a shrine to various endangered species of plant or shell.


Object Name

Flowers of the Mediterranean no 2

Creators Name

Leslie Hakim-Dowek

Date Created

1989

Dimensions

unframed: 45.5cm x 24.7cm

accession number

1991.67

Support

wood

Medium

oil paint
wax


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