
Sofia Vellano Rubin
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Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist;
Sotheby's sale, 16 Oct 2018, lot 85;
A private collection.
This pen and ink drawing is characteristic of Dumile's erotic work. Unlike the soaring mythical lovers of the Baroque, Dumile's couple are firmly grounded, morphing in and out of one another with a robust physicality. The figures are frozen in a kind of agonised despair, their distorted bodies and sprawling legs convey the exquisite pain of human existence - a recurring theme in Dumile's work.