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The artist expresses her personal experience of the Holocaust and her hope for a better future. A crouched figure sits with knees drawn up set inside a hollowed out representation of a leaf.

Title

Refugee

Date

1980

Medium

bronze resin

Measurements

H 210 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

BS1_PF_S094

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

Dean and Chapter of Bristol Cathedral

Custodian

Dean and Chapter of Bristol Cathedral

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

inscriptions on a stone slab at the base of the sculpture: SURVIVOR OF AUSCHWITZ; on a bronze plate mounted on this stone; REFUGEE / BY / NAOMI BLAKE A.R.B.S. / 1980 / TO THE VICTIMS OF ALL RACIAL PERSECUTIONS

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