signed, titled and dated 2000- sepia on paper 65.5×50.5 cm
Provenance and literature
Provenance: Gijs van Tuyl, Amsterdam (former ceo of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam)
About the artist
Dumas was born in 1953 in Cape Town and grew up on her family’s vineyard near the Kuils River, in the southwest of South Africa. In the 1970s, she studied painting at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town, where she was introduced to art theory and conceptual art. However, she was most influenced by photography, particularly the work of Diane Arbus. When she received a scholarship to study at the Dutch artists’ institute Ateliers ’63, Dumas moved to Amsterdam in 1976, where she still lives and works. During these formative years, Dumas created collages, combining cut-out photographs, text, and drawings. Marlene Dumas lived with artist Jan Andriesse until his death in August 2021.