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The Prancing pony

Shelagh Atkinson

Dimensions
40cm x 53cm x 2cm

From the Anichov Most [bridge] St Petersburg Russia the horse's hooves stride through the air, screenprinted onto the wide empty space of the paper. a visual vocabulary aiming for a grand emotive punch.It asks the question about the headless horsemen always moving forwards - a metaphor for a nation.
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