Hair Piled Up, 2003

ArtistRissa, *1938

India ink on cardboard

Sheet dimensions29,7 × 21 cm

Status

not on display

About the workEven in ancient times, people across diverse cultures have believed that hair is the seat of vitality and the soul. This highly symbolic role is reflected in numerous proverbs, legends and fairy tales about hair. Rissa, who studied and taught at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, pays tribute to the significance of an attractive head of hair in her ink drawings

AccessionKemp Collection Foundation 2011

ProvenanceMärz 2003 Willi Kemp (Köln 1927 – 2020 Düsseldorf) erworben von der Künstlerin; 2011 Stiftung Sammlung Kemp im Kunstpalast erworben durch Schenkung Willi Kemp

Inventory numberKemp 633

Contemporary art
Post-War Modernism
Ornament

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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