3 A.M.
Artist
Joyce Winifred Cairns
(Edinburgh, Scotland, born 1947)
Date1982
Mediumwatercolour ink and crayon on paper
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsSight Size: Height: 34.4 cm, Width: 35.6 cm
Frame: Height: 52.6 cm, Width: 52.6 cm
Frame: Height: 52.6 cm, Width: 52.6 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1982.
Copyright© the artist
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG000540
Keywords
The title of this work, '3 a.m.', suggests that it was executed in the early hours of the morning when the artist had just woken up. The image, based on a self-portrait, is part human and part animal. Small doodles of birds, houses and boats overlay this figure and suggest the free-flowing associations inspired by a dream.
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