Road to Freedom
Creator:
Phocion Dimitriades (1894-1977)
Date:
1959
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Inscriptions:
Inscribed in lower: 'If it’s just a question of colour?'
Description:
Phocion Demetriades, known also as Phocos, was one of the most celebrated cartoonists in Greece. He was born in Istanbul, worked at the National Bank of Greece and he was a schoolbook illustrator. He was primarily a political cartoonist known for associating Greek Prime Minister Tsatsos with a hen (to poulli tou, a pun on the word ‘bird’ to mean ‘cock’). The cartoon advocates freedom to all nations, including African tribes, but Cyprus continues to be the exception. In the personification of a young peasant girl, Cyprus tries to change her skin colour into black in the hope of being accepted on the road to freedom.
Dimensions:
11 x 15 cm
Signature(s):
Signed in the lower right: Ph. D.
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Identifier:
PNT-00805
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Rights Holder:
© Costas and Rita Severis Foundation
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