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Gestation '80s

By  Pen Dalton 1985
This limited edition print is a subjective interpretation of pregnancy drawn from contemporary popular and academic texts and images of the 1980s. Images of Mother and Child have historically been produced overwhelmingly by men.
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Glimpse

Bargepole

Maternity Ward, c 1971

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