Description (CMS Description)
Serigraph print by Lionel Davis, titled 'Reclamation', 2005. Edition 9/30. Signed by the artist. Inscribed 'L. Davis/ 05/ Recalmation' Condition: Good.

Event Date 10/10/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Lionel Davis, a South African artist, was born in District Six, Cape Town on 21 June 1936. Davis became a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he completed his Senior Certificate.
After his release from Robben Island he was restricted under a banning order and house arrest until 1976. In 1978 Davis joined the Cape Arts Project (CAP). The main objective of the CAP was to educate and empower South Africans of all races by introducing them to art, theatre and dance. Davis took his first formal art classes with CAP, and continued his art education with the organization for two full years. He then spent another two years at the Evangelical Arts and Crafts Centre at Rorke's Drift in Natal. Davis completed his studies in 1981.
He has contributed to literary magazines, books on education, poetry anthologies and calendars. His two years at Rorke's Drift earned him a degree in Fine Arts and qualified him to return to the Community Arts Project in Cape Town as a teacher.

In this work, the artist’s face is partly covered by a map of District Six and one of Robben Island. The writing on his head is in an Afrikaans dialect spoken in Cape Town, and relates to black women trying to remove kinks in their hair to be less African and more European or American.
Event Date 10/10/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (CMS Context)
'Fabriano' blind stamp runs along the top and bottom edge of the paper. An infinity symbol blind stamp is visible in the bottom right corner. Written in pencil on the reverse of the print, in the left bottom corner '00797-9/30'.
Event Date 10/10/2013
Author: Remke van der Velden

Context (CMS Context)
Presented by The Art Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. An acquisition project to build a collection of modern and contemporary work on paper from Australia, Canada and South Africa was undertaken over 2011-13 with the support of a grant under The Art Fund's RENEW programme. The collection was developed with the expert advice and generous assistance of Annie Coombes and Norman Vorano in relation to South African and Inuit artists respectively. Khadija Carroll, Anita Herle and Diana Wood Conroy also contributed to the selection process. Obtained from The Caversham Press, The Caversham Press, P.O. Box 87 Balgowan 3275, South Africa / +27 (0)33 004 0027 / malcolm@caversham.org.za. Arrived in September 2013.
Event Date 10/10/2013
Author: maa

Loan (Exhibition)
British Museum, 27/10/2016 to 26/02/2017, South Africa: Art of a Nation
Event Date 27/10/2016
Author: Rachel Hand

Description (CMS Description)
Serigraph print by Lionel Davis, titled 'Reclamation', 2005. Edition 9/30, signed by artist.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa

Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2016.3515 | Assessment Only
Event Date 22/8/2016
Author: Rachel Howie

Context (CMS Context)
Framed in MAA black wooden standard frame by Jonny Aldous for loan to British Museum
Event Date 2/9/2016
Author: Rachel Hand