Bhanwari and Licchma

Gauri Gill

2003

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Graphite portrait of a Black man against a white background with a goatee and closely cut hair. He has pronounced lines on his face and is wearing a shirt with a collar at the top.
Polychrome (blue, red, and green) in abstract form applied to center of paper
Single layer of cardboard painted gray, in center a four-sided piece of corrugated cardboard painted with polychrome is applied. Central piece of corrugated cardboard has top layer peeled away in some areas and texture is added with papier maché in some areas.
A blue figure with wings crouches in a dark, starry background, where numerous full-length little figures and profiles are depicted. The central figure takes a yellow fan with the inscription “We Mourn Our Loss.” Her blue wings are mixed with colorful feathers and a drop of tear on her face.