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Poor Siren, 1955

  • woodcut, paper
  • 398 x 552 mm
  • Inv. 2002-L-80

© SABAM Belgium 2023

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Artist

Frans Masereel RKD VIAF Wikidata
Blankenberge 1889 - Avignon 1972
woodcutters (printmakers)AAT

Title Poor Siren
Date 1955
Period 20th century
Medium and support woodcut AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings title and edition outside the depiction, bottom left: Pauvre Sirène 16/25
signature and year bottom right, outside the depiction: Frans Masereel / 1955
monogram and year bottom left: FM 1955
Collection print room
Object type woodcut AAT
Inventory number 2002-L-80
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2002-L-80
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/4972/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300015571 cityscapes (representations) AAT
300055865 Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 24B moon as celestial body Iconclass
25G41 flowers Iconclass
25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass
25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass
26E2 lightning, flash of lightning, thunderbolt Iconclass
31A2212 eyes Iconclass
31A25331 pointing to the forehead with the index finger Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass
31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass
31AA4561 merman - AA - mermaid, siren Iconclass
31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass
41A1 civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Iconclass
41A14 urban housing Iconclass
41A15 skyscraper Iconclass
45C15(ARROW) archer's weapons: arrow Iconclass
46A7 crowd, mob Iconclass
46C215(ANCHOR) parts of ship's exterior: anchor Iconclass
46C223 harbour Iconclass
46C256 freight vessel Iconclass
56BB1 Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) Iconclass
56DD1 Fear, Dread; 'Paura', 'Timidita o Timore', 'Timore' (Ripa) Iconclass
56DD32 Alarm, Fright; 'Spavento', 'Terrore' (Ripa) Iconclass
56DD33 Confusion, Bewilderment, Panic; 'Perturbatione' (Ripa) Iconclass
School / Style Expressionist (style) AAT
Modernist AAT
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