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1 Looking at images

2 Sam Taylor- Wood ‘Self Portrait in Single- Breasted suit with Hare’

3 Sam Taylor-Wood (born 1967) National Portrait Gallery 2001 This self portrait documents a significant moment in the artist's life: her recent battle with a second occurrence of cancer, which resulted in a mastectomy. The artist captures herself in a frozen moment, confronting her mortality holding the cable release of her camera and a stuffed hare. Taylor-Wood explained: 'The hare symbolises lust and passion, so here I am with a head of hair, in a single-breasted suit, holding on to lust and passion.' Medium: C-print Dimensions: 152 x 104.5cm Price in 2002: £11,000

4 Hans Holbein ‘The Ambassadors’ Painted 1533

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