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The Fifth Commandment

By Silke Dettmers 1997

Dimensions
75cm x 75cm x 70cm

Two identical chairs, one reduced in size and bonded inextricably to the other. The brass plate reads 'Thou Shalt Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother'.
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