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Amanda Lebus?british Wind Songs Series x4 2002 Signed artist proof Framed Lithograph 48 x 38 cm (approx.) Wind Songs Amanda is an artist and arts psychotherapist based in London. She makes and performs with puppets and creates figurative imagery on paper, clay or cloth for display as series, events and exhibitions. Her pictures draw on the stories within us all. Guide Price £300 2002 Signed artist proof Framed Woodcut on paper 21 x 16 cm Guide Price £95 Lot 42 “ These are woodcuts from Wind Songs, a series of 55 images exploring wind and change. All suggest stories: a boy’s foot becomes a wing, a man’s spine turns into a tree. Ahab, Icarus, Baba Yaga, etc., ghosts of adventurers whisper through the pictures. Although not about the persecution of academics, my image of the head within the head spoke to me of being unable to speak out. amanda lebus Lot 41 130 The Art of Resistance? Defending Academic Freedom ”