In the House of My Father (1996-97)

Donald Gladstone Rodney

colour photograph on paper mounted onto aluminium

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff

Classification:

Photograph

Materials:

Aluminium, Paper

Physical Object Description:

In the artist's open hand is a sculpture made from sections of his own skin. These were removed when he was having treatment for sickle cell anaemia. The work exists in an edition of three, another of which is at Tate Britain and another in the Arts Council Collection.

Dimensions:

122 x 153 cm

Accession Number:

NMW A 15878

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 2000

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the Estate of Donald G. Rodney (1961-1998), the artist, by Jenni Lomax for the Contemporary Art Society, with funds from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, June 2000; presented to Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff, 2000

Relationship:

Jenni Lomax Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff

Subject:

Self Portrait, Houses, Illness, Black (presence)

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