photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Untitled is a photographic by Niels Hansen Jacobsen, depicting Demon, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photograph shows a sculpture of a demon with a long, pointed nose and ears. The demon has a muscular body and is depicted in a dynamic pose, with its right arm outstretched and its left arm holding a club behind its back. The demon's facial expression is one of anger or frustration. The sculpture appears to be made of stone or metal and has a rough, textured surface. The background of the photograph is a plain wall, which helps to focus attention on the sculpture. If you're interested in learning more about the artist who created this sculpture, you might want to look up Hansen Jacobsen, Niels.
A photograph is mounted on a green card as part of a collection bequeathed by William Kineton Parkes in 1938. Kineton Parkes, known for his writing on sculpture, sent questionnaires to sculptors in the 1920s, and this photograph is one of many responses he received. The image is held among materials now preserved in the Archive of Art and Design.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Niels Hansen Jacobsen was a Danish sculptor and ceramist. He is most famous for creating the once controversial sculpture, Trold, der vejrer kristenblod. The name of the statue is taken from a story in Norse folklore…
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