Harvard Art Museums > 2009.96: Undine Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Undine (Janaina Tschäpe) , 2009.96,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 04, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/333416. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2009.96 People Janaina Tschäpe, German (Munich, Germay Born 1973) Title Undine Classification Prints Work Type print Date 2005 Culture German-Brazilian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/333416 Physical Descriptions Medium Color lithograph on wove paper Technique Lithograph Dimensions Paper: 70.5 x 57.2 cm (27 3/4 x 22 1/2 in.) Image: 41.6 x 30.5 cm (16 3/8 x 12 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: l.l of image in pencil: I/X inscription: l.r of image in pencil: Janina Tschape 2005 inscription: l.l stamped on back: GS 1417 copyright 2004 Janaina Tschape Graphicstudio, U.S.F Provenance Recorded Ownership History Jeanne Champion; East Orleans, Massachusetts, gift to Harvard Art Museum, November 2009. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Edition 1/10 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Jeanne and Geoff Champion in memory of Patrick J. Dwyer Copyright © Janaina Tschäpe Accession Year 2009 Object Number 2009.96 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary As a native of Germany but spending much of her time in Brazil, Janaina Tschäpe's work has been influenced by both cultures. In Candomble, an Afro-Brazilian religion, the name Janania is a goddess, the Queen of the Ocean. The symbolic nature of water, one of unification and life, is evident in Tschäpe's work. She uses water and the female body to create magical spaces of play, where desire to transform oneself can be realized. Although the female body is a constant theme throughout her work, often because she uses friends as models, Tschäpe believes that art should transcend gender. Her playful scenes of watery landscapes are inhabited by women dressed in elaborate customs. She aims to create opportunities to play with desire and fear, to enter into a creative space that opens opportunities to unify the past and present and create the possibility of transformation. Naiad 1 and Undine are the first representations of Tschäpe's work in the Harvard Art Museum collection. They were done as part of a project at Graphicstudio at the University of South Florida. Tschäpe designed the customs, which were then worn by trained mermaids at the Florida attraction, Weeki Wachee Spring. At Graphicstudio, she experimented with different printing techniques. In the color lithograph, Undine, Tschäpe references the German mythological figure of a water nymph and harkens back to the series she did between 1997 and 2001, titled "One Hundred Little Deaths." The photogravure, Naiad 1, is a Greek mythological water nymph bound to her fresh water spring. Exhibition History 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/14/2022 - 09/12/2022 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
