Accession Number
1960/1.182

Title
Woman Combing her Hair

Artist(s)
Frans Wildenhain

Object Creation Date
1920-1960

Medium & Support
glazed stoneware

Dimensions
32 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 4 in (82.55 cm x 19.05 cm x 10.16 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Subject matter
This is reminiscent of much of Wildenheim's sculpture in which his forms are abstracted, gnarled and have an unsettling element to them. Wildenheim had to flee the Nazis when they took over Holland, and his ceramics and sculptures such as this one, tend to have a strange and emotional quality to them that may reflect these tumultous experiences.

Physical Description
This vertical abstract sculpture resembles the figure of a woman reaching behind her head to comb her hair. She holds a bowl in one hand and rests on a base in an inverted "V" shape.  

Primary Object Classification
Sculpture

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
figure works
modern and contemporary art
stoneware (pottery)
women (female humans)