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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Theodore Harris, We Wear Our Flesh Like Flames , 1999

Theodore Harris b. 1966

We Wear Our Flesh Like Flames , 1999
Mixed media paper collage on board
16 x 12 in
40.6 x 30.5 cm
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Paper collage on dark background, mounted to cream board. In the foreground, two young women are carrying large items on their heads. A large fire blazes in the background, and in the top left, the US Capitol Dome is depicted in red and upside down. 
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Provenance

Purchased directly from artist. 

Exhibitions

"Our Flesh of Flames: Collages by Theodore A. Harris; Captions by Amiri Baraka", Saint Louis University Museum of Art. Dates: 2003

"Our Flesh of Flames: Collages by Theodore A. Harris; Captions by Amiri Baraka", Harmony House, Stanford University. Dates: 2002
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