Highly sought limited edition 10.5 x 16 lithograph by Nelson Mandela entitled ‘Key & Bars,’ which depicts four dark vertical lines representing the bars of his prison cell at Robben Island above a cast replica of a cell key, both the key and the lithograph are numbered 81/3000, with the latter signed neatly in pencil, “N. Mandela,” below a larger black paint facsimile. The lower left corner bears Mandela’s official embossed ‘clasped hands’ blindstamp. Handsomely matted in a shadowbox frame to an overall size of 17.5 x 23 x 2.5. In fine condition. A simple yet powerful work that symbolizes Mandela’s 27 years of incarceration—a desirable low-number example of this coveted edition and the first to be made available to the public; the first five lithographs were presented to members of the Mandela family.
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