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The body is covered in layers of cinders and black paint to represent burned flesh. The right arm is truncated to the elbow, the right leg is missing below the knee, implying that it has been blown or burned away. The left hand has peculiarly delicate fingers in comparison to the grotesque mass of the body.
Title
The Nuclear Victim (Beach Girl), 1966
Date
1966
Medium
fibreglass, cinders, polyurethane paint, wig, hair, face cast, breast cast, table tennis ball, window dresser's dummy & rubber
Measurements
H 28 x W 170 x D 58 cm;
Plinth: H (?) x W (?) x D 186 cm
Accession number
Art.IWM ART 15091
Acquisition method
purchased
Work type
Statue
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