Dear Sisters
Dotty Attie. Dear Sisters, 1998.
Description:
Text reads:
He gave her the egg and the key and went on his journey /
She first carefully put the egg away /
Then she looked all around the house and finally went into the forbidden room /
Ah, what did she see! /
There in the basin lay her two dear sisters, miserably murdered and hacked into pieces. /
But she set to work and gathered together all the parts /
Then she laid them in the right order: head and body, arms and legs /
When there was nothing missing the limbs began to stir /
The two girls opened there eyes and were alive again, and they all kissed and hugged one another and lived happily for ever after.
Medium:
Painting
Tags:
sisters, painting, death, fairy tales, murder, violence, kiss, limbs
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