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Mutual Congratulations

BANTING, John

Mutual Congratulations
Image: © Estate of John Banting. All Rights Reserved 2025/Bridgeman Images/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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A British Surrealist work depicting two chess pieces with skulls on top, which represent the upper class of Britain. They are hollow like death and the mutual congratulations are just as empty as they annul each other. The sarcasm of John Banting's work is a reflection of his disapproval of the superficiality as he saw it of the English high society.

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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A(L) 1611

Creation/Production

BANTING, John
Date: 1937 ca

Techniques

Oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
Art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

Oil

Location

on display
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  • Art And Design Movements
  • Banting, John
  • Communities And Society
  • Derek Williams Trust Collection
  • Fine Art
  • Fine Art
  • Fine Art Loan
  • Painting
  • Skull

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