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Ficus Carica
Ficus Carica
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Ficus Carica

Artist Zohra Opoku (German-Ghanaian, born 1976)
Date2015
Place of originAccra, Ghana
Place of originLos Angeles, California, United States
Mediumscreenprint, silk, bamboo
Dimensions31 1/8 × 41 5/16 in. (79 × 105 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum Purchase with funds from the Ruth P. Phillips Art Acquisition Endowment
Object number2016.77
Collections
Visual Descriptionportrait of the artist, frontal view with cascade of fig tree branch overhead partially obscuring her face
A large, irregular black ink-like shape rises steeply from a thick horizontal black band. Below the band are three semi-circular black forms. Scattered black splatters, drips, and diagonal streaks surround the central shape.
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