Mother and Child
Aage Sikker-Hansen
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Aage Sikker-Hansen (Danish, 1897–1955). Mother and Child, 1937. Lithograph on wove paper, Image: 15 9/16 x 10 3/8 in. (39.5 x 26.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Asger Fischer, 53.123. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Gallery
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Artist
Publisher
Title
Mother and Child
Date
1937
Medium
Lithograph on wove paper
Classification
Dimensions
Image: 15 9/16 x 10 3/8 in. (39.5 x 26.4 cm)
Signatures
Signed, lower left margin"Sikker Hansen '37" on the stone only
Credit Line
Gift of Asger Fischer
Accession Number
53.123
Frequent Art Questions
Can you tell me more about Aage Sikker-Hansen?
I certainly can! Aage Sikker-Hansen was a popular Danish graphic artist. Sikker-Hansen first broke into the world of graphic arts by winning a poster design contest in 1930 for a Danish newspaper that subsequently hired him. His work was in demand throughout Denmark until his death in 1955.The image of a mother and child was a subject that Sikker-Hansen returned to several times in his career. His work, which was influenced by Soviet art, has a very limited color palette and reductive lines.
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