Numero oggetto
M.2009.22
Titolo
Portrait of Andy Flower
Data
2009 - 2009
Creatore
Motivo della creazione
Commissioned as part of the Lord's Portrait Project
Flower sat for one day sitting. Photographs and sketches were used in the artist's studio following the sitting, over a period of 3 - 4 months period. On the subject of colour the artist notes 'Andy I tried in a dark shirt but the jersey really suited his colouring with the light shirt beneath.
Materiale
Portata
54 x 65 cm
Descrizione
Half length, frontal portrait of Flower wearing scarlet and gold trimmed MCC sweater.
Andy Flower was probably the most successful international cricketer in Zimbabwean history when, during the 2003 ICC World Cup, he and team-mate Henry Olonga wore black armbands to symbolise the death of democracy in Zimbabwe. They issued a joint statement in which they declared their pride in playing for Zimbabwe but that they could not “in good conscience take to the field and ignore the fact that millions of our compatriots are starving, unemployed and oppressed.” They appealed for an end to human rights abuses and a return to “sanity and dignity”.
M.2012.33 : Zimbabwe Test Cap of A (Andy) Flower, 1990s
M.2009.21 : Portrait of Michael Vaughan
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