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Crows in Snow

Artist
SCHLUIFER, Gernot

Artist Dates
1941 -

Nationality
Austria

Materials
Crystal

Dimensions
2.2 in.

Commentary

In an immaculate poetic format, the artist has composed a waggish haiku to accompany this netsuke which reads: "Winter, two black crows, Sitting on a leafless branch, Their asses freezing."

A haiku is a 17-syllable Japanese poems structured in the three-line pattern of 5-7-5 syllables, an important form of poetry that remains popular in modern Japan and foreign countries.

	Artist	SCHLUIFER, Gernot
	Artist Dates	1941 -
	Nationality	Austria
	Materials	Crystal
	Dimensions	2.2 in.
	Commentary	In an immaculate poetic format, the artist has composed a waggish haiku to accompany this netsuke which reads: "Winter, two black crows, Sitting on a leafless branch, Their asses freezing." A haiku is a 17-syllable Japanese poems structured in the three-line pattern of 5-7-5 syllables, an important form of poetry that remains popular in modern Japan and foreign countries.