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1951 · Oil on linen
61.5 × 51.5 cm (24 1/4 × 20 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Ernest Mancoba
1904
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New Humans: Memories of the Future
New Museum
2026
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Ernest (Methuen) Mancoba was an avant-garde artist, born in Transvaal Colony, who spent the majority of his life in Europe. He was probably South Africa's first professional Black modern artist, and exhibited from the late 1920s onward.
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