Constance Stokes 'The Mime: A Tribute to Marcel' women artists Reg Mombassa (a

Reg Mombassa (a

A work that feels more like a painting than a print

this Alice is an homage to Charles Blackman’s legacy

Image Size: 25 x 24 cm

picturing a line-up of women

Constance Stokes 'The Mime: A Tribute to Marcel' women artists Reg Mombassa (aProduced late in her career, The Mime A Tribute to Marcel (1981) is a luminous example of Constance Stokes modernist style. In a saturated palette of reds and oranges, she pays tribute to the French mime Marcel Marceau, depicting him with a certain femininity. Stokes witnessed Marceaus first performance in Melbourne in 1963. Sitting in the front row, she was mesmerised, later translating his movements into a series of sketches that would later inform