Spitting, 2003

ArtistRissa, *1938

India ink on cardboard

Sheet dimensions29,7 × 21 cm

Dimensions with frame56 × 42 × 2,5 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

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

Inventory numberKemp 631

Contemporary art
Ornament
Post-War Modernism

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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