Marlene Dumas – ‘The Benefit of the Doubt 2’
A detail showing a single, sad-looking face from Marlene Dumas’ impressive tapestry ‘The benefit of the doubt’ is depicted on the first stamp. This huge tapestry in three parts shows three figures against an ochre-yellow background.
Born in Kuilsriver in the Western Cape in 1953, Dumas left South Africa in 1976 on a scholarship to study at the Atelier ‘63 in Haarlem, Holland. This acclaimed artist now lives and works in the country’s capital, Amsterdam. Her work has been exhibited extensively locally, as well as internationally.