The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian Par Avion By Air Mail Art

Mail Art. This parody of Mantegna's St Sebastian (c.1460) is a drawing of a man with a stamp head of Marianne layered on a playing card showing clubs; instead of arrows, he is being persecuted by pointed fingers. The historical reference is to the martyrdom of Sebastian, a soldier in the Roman arm...

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Order number: MS 381333
Date(s) of creation: 1997
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Musa; Hassan (b 1951); contemporary visual artist
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/MUSA000068/00001
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections

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