H&O 71 by Philippa Hobbs

H&O 71

Philippa Hobbs

CountrySouth Africa
MediumWoodcut
Year1990
Dimensions65.6 × 55 cm
EditionEdition of 200

About this work

Philippa Hobbs represents South Africa — in 1990, the year of Nelson Mandela's release and the beginning of the end of apartheid. Her woodcut is made at one of the most charged political moments in South African history, and carries that historical electricity.