Ulysees

Hans Erni, 1909 - 2015


Ulysees

Hans Erni 1909 - 2015

Summary

A mythical scene with a nude man wrestling with a goat. The man has his arms around the goats neck and he is gripping the side of the goat with his legs. He looks out at the viewer. The goat has curly hair and large swirling horns, and is facing towards the right of the composition, with its head lowered to look at the man, and its left foot raised. Drawn over the horns of the goat is a line drawing of another nude man walking on all fours facing to the left of the composition. This man has just one eye, and therefore we can understand him as being the mythical figure Cyclops.


Object Name

Ulysees

Creators Name

Hans Erni

Date Created

circa 1940

Dimensions

support (sight): 56cm x 37.3cm

accession number

1951.117

Support

paper

Medium

ink (coloured)


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