Juliet Peter
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1915, d.2010
Unicorns
- 1939
- Linocut
- Gift of William A Sutton, 1983
- 270 x 205mm
- 83/63
Tags: animals, horns (animal components), landscapes (representations), mythical or legendary beings, pairs
Exhibition History
Ape To Zip: Adventures in Alphabet Art, 13 May 2005 – 8 October 2006
In the exhibition Ape to Zip this work was used for the letter U and was displayed with the following label:
UNICORNS Unicorns are usually white, but sometimes they are black. There are a lot of legends about unicorns but nobody knows for sure that they were real. Their spiral horns were supposed to carry magical healing powers.