A harrow is an agricultural tool comprising a frame with metal teeth that is dragged through fields to churn up the soil. But what are we to imagine from a flying harrow? Rooskens’ painting leaves us none the wiser with its strange jumble of spiky forms, hooks, claws and network of eyes - half animal, half machine - rendered in deepest black against a colourful background. There is indeed also a flying object, but it does not resemble a harrow.
Specifications
| Title | Flying Harrow |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 101,5 cm Width 131 cm Depth 3 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Anton Rooskens
|
| Accession number | 2652 (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1963 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1963 |
| Creation date | in 1951 |
| Internal exhibitions |
De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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