Untitled
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a photographic by Tijpke Visser, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This black-and-white photo shows a carved wooden figure sitting cross-legged. The figure has a hollow, skeletal face with exaggerated features and a wide-open mouth. Its ribcage and collarbone are clearly visible, and it wears a necklace with a simple pendant. In front of the figure, a row of skulls forms a base, as if part of a throne or platform. The mix of calm posture and eerie skulls creates a striking contrast. The carving looks rough in places, with sharp edges and deep shadows. Look up Victoria and Albert Museum to see more unusual sculptures like this.
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, distributed questionnaires to sculptors in the 1920s, and this image is one of many responses he received. The photograph is now held among materials in the Archive of Art and Design.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Tijpke Visser made photographs. One untitled image shows a close-up of weathered wood grain and rusted metal, the kind of quiet texture that’s easy to overlook. Their work isn’t tied to a named movement or era, so it…
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