Design Stages for miffy’s letter

Dick Bruna, 2003

Just how great the effect of colour was became clear in the final design stage. Bruna did not use perspective, an example he had seen with Matisse and found liberating. Hence, colour was one of the few visual means for suggesting three-dimensionality. A cool colour, such as blue, recedes, while a red one appears to come forward

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-2011-125-24
  • Dimensionsheight 160 mm x width 160 mm
  • Physical characteristicsgelatine-zilver transparant op vlakfilm en collage

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Design Stages for miffy’s letter
    • Miffy and her Girlfriend
  • Series title(s)

    De brief van nijntje (original series title)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-2011-125-24

  • Description

    Twee konijnen met opgeheven armen tot hun middel in het opspattende water.


Creation

  • Creation

    printmaker: Dick Bruna, Netherlands

  • Dating

    2003

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    gelatine-zilver transparant op vlakfilm en collage

  • Dimensions

    height 160 mm x width 160 mm


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from Mercis Publishing bv, Amsterdam

  • Copyright

    Dick Bruna/Mercis Publishing bv


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