Black tea towel with a mask motif by Carl-Henning Pedersen.
The tea towel is jacquard woven and made of a lovely quality.
Sold with a nice wrap-around sleeve with information about the motif.
The mask became part of Carl-Henning Pedersen's repertoire of motifs as early as the 1930s. The inspiration was found, among other places, in the National Museum's ethnographic collection. The mask figure became a recurring motif in the desire to create a new art that spoke to all people regardless of time and place. With simple features and big and small eyes, Carl-Henning Pedersen's mask became a universal symbol of human thoughts and of art's archetype.
Motif: Carl-Henning Pedersen, Mask, 1940. Oil on canvas, 96 x 67 cm. KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art.
Tea towel design: SoSouvenir.
Size: 51 x 82 cm.
100% cotton.
