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The Fig and the Fig Leaf Mixed media on paper, framed executed in 2008 38 x 28cm (14 15/16 x 11in).
Footnotes
"No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen" -Epictetus
Provenance: Property from a private collection, London
Exhibited: The Fig and the Fig Leaf, 2008
Literature: The Fig and the Fig Leaf, 2008, fig. 32
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