Fear of Babies

MARLENE DUMAS (B. 1953) Fear of Babies (i) signed, dated and numbered '18/20 MDumas 1986' (lower left), titled 'Collaborators son' (lower centre) (ii) signed, dated and numbered '18/20 MDumas 1986' (lower left), titled 'Tripoli Baby' (lower centre) (iii) signed, dated and numbered '18/20 MDumas 1986' (lower left), titled 'Chernobyl Child' (lower centre) (iv) signed, dated and numbered '18/20 MDumas 1986' (lower left), titled 'Intolerant boy' (lower centre) (v) signed, dated and numbered '18/20 MDumas 1986' (lower left), titled 'Sweety Pie' (lower centre) the complete portfolio of five lithographs on paper with a hand-written poem by the artist, loose within the original portfolio each sheet: 76.5 x 57cm. overall: 82 x 63 x 1cm. Executed in 1986, this portfolio is number eighteen from an edition of twenty plus three hors commerce proofs, published by De Expeditie, Amsterdam