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Lullaby

REGO, Paula

Paupers Press

©Ostrich Arts Ltd/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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In this etching, an older woman holds a child upon her lap. Her hand covers the child’s eyes to shield her from the monstrous, almost hermaphrodite figure that comes toward her to perform female genital mutilation. Behind them in the shadows stands an older girl holding her skirt up. Is she next? In a box behind the chair is a child’s doll, arms raised in horror. Despite the title ‘Lullaby’ there is nothing remotely comforting about this image.

Paula Rego made the Female Genital Mutilation series in a protest response against the barbaric and inhumane practice of FGM that is still carried out in 30 different countries worldwide on girls between infancy and 15 years old.


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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 24458

Creation/Production

REGO, Paula
Paupers Press
Date: 2009

Acquisition

Purchase - ass. of DWT, 15/2/2013
Purchased with the assistance of the Derek Williams Trust

Measurements

(): h(cm) plate size:93
(): h(cm)
(): w(cm) plate size:85.5
(): w(cm)
(): h(cm) sheet size:119.5
(): h(cm)
(): w(cm) sheet size:108
(): w(cm)

Techniques

etching and aquatint on paper
Mixed technique
Intaglio printing
prints
Fine Art - works on paper

Material

Paper
ink

Location

In store
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  • Child
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  • Doll
  • Fighting / Violence
  • Fine Art
  • Girl
  • Identity
  • People
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  • Rego, Paula
  • Sport And Leisure
  • Woman Artist
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