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Artist:  Carolyn Parton
Title:  Home
Date:  1999
Description:  A vibrant, shimmering and colourful painting of Cape Town painted with loose brushstrokes and mainly in pastel tones. Figures are schematically represented. Table Mountain appears in the background, as well as a rainbow.
Type:  Painting
Medium:  Oil on canvas
Measurements:  890 x 1195 mm
Inscription:  Signed and dated by the artist
Source:  Donated (Purchased from the artist by Justice Albie Sachs, and donated to the Court, 1995.)
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Artist:  Carolyn Parton
Title:  Constitutional Court logo (detail)
Date:  1995
Description:  A series of 11 panels, each with text in an official language of South Africa, plus the logo of the Court. The panels are fixed to a brass backing sheet. The texts pertain to the opening of the Constitutional Court in 1995.
Type:  Relief plaque
Medium:  Brass panels on a brass backing sheet
Measurements:  1000 x 2005 mm
Inscription:  None
Source:  Donated (Logo designed by the artist,1994 / 95; object made by Public Works Department, 1995.)
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