An overview of the work

Giraffes

Kees van Willigen · 1915–1990

Date

1987

Medium

Oil on Newood

Size

30 x 60 cm

The painting emphasises the lanky bodies of the giraffes rather than their heads, which are hidden in the tree foliage, like an ostrich’s. The necks trace a slow movement, close to a waltz.

The mountain is a purple mauve, accentuated by the yellow-green of the low sky.