Constance Stokes 'The Mime: A Tribute to Marcel' women artists A work that feels more

A work that feels more like a painting than a print

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Constance Stokes 'The Mime: A Tribute to Marcel' women artists A work that feels moreProduced late in her career, The Mime A Tribute to Marcel (1981) is a luminous example of Constance Stokes modernist style. In a saturated palette of reds and oranges, she pays tribute to the French mime Marcel Marceau, depicting him with a certain femininity. Stokes witnessed Marceaus first performance in Melbourne in 1963. Sitting in the front row, she was mesmerised, later translating his movements into a series of sketches that would later inform