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Maiden & Moonflower

Wallpaper
ca. 2008 (made)
Artist/Maker

Kiki Smith (born USA) is an internationally renowned sculptor and innovative printmaker. Smith recently produced a wallpaper (with Studio Printworks, New Jersey) for an exhibition, Her Home at Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany in 2008 and this paper is now available commercially.

Smith has often explored story-telling, connecting with nostalgia for childhood and reinventing myths and folk tales from a feminine perspective. In Maiden & Moonflower, a doll-like woman stands beneath a gnarled leafless tree populated with owls and moths, and surrounded by a scattering of stars. The naïve drawing and the disregard for perspective and scale are reminiscent of early woodcut illustrations, and the colourways – including Winterfrost, Moth, Dawn, Twilight – evoke a world of magic.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleMaiden & Moonflower (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour surface print on paper
Brief description
Portion of 'Maiden & Moonflower' wallpaper designed by Kiki Smith and produced by Studio Printworks
Physical description
Pattern of tree branches and small female figures, with owls, moth etc against a starry sky. On a pale turquoise-blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Width: 76.5cm
Length not yet measured; paper difficult to unroll
Marks and inscriptions
"Maiden & Moonflower" Kiki Smith [signature in facsimile] for STUDIO PRINTWORKS ©MMVIII www.studioprintworks.com (Printed in selvedge)
Credit line
Given by Studio Printworks
Production
Attribution note: Colourway: Dawn
Subjects depicted
Summary
Kiki Smith (born USA) is an internationally renowned sculptor and innovative printmaker. Smith recently produced a wallpaper (with Studio Printworks, New Jersey) for an exhibition, Her Home at Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany in 2008 and this paper is now available commercially.

Smith has often explored story-telling, connecting with nostalgia for childhood and reinventing myths and folk tales from a feminine perspective. In Maiden & Moonflower, a doll-like woman stands beneath a gnarled leafless tree populated with owls and moths, and surrounded by a scattering of stars. The naïve drawing and the disregard for perspective and scale are reminiscent of early woodcut illustrations, and the colourways – including Winterfrost, Moth, Dawn, Twilight – evoke a world of magic.
Collection
Accession number
E.594-2009

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Record createdNovember 25, 2009
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