Made in the autumn of 1959 while Lijn lived in Paris.
Sky Scrolls are the first works Lijn made in a series. They were influenced by her interest in Chinese horizontal scrolls and her love and fascination with the sky.
The ancient silk scrolls depict vast landscapes in which humans and their habitations are compressed to a cosmic scale, whereas her scrolls are drawings of transmogrified cloud worlds and flying creatures of the imagination.
Stone Clouds
1959
59 x 82 cm
Crayola wax crayons, gouache, India ink on paper
Sky Scroll
1959/1960
78 x 153.5 cm
Crayola wax crayons, gouache, India ink on paper.
Sky Beings
1961
41.5 x 81.2 cm
Crayola wax crayons, gouache, India ink on paper.
Dark Scroll
1959
Crayola wax crayons, gouache, India ink on paper
Blood Sky
1960
44 x 72 cm
Crayola wax crayons, gouache, india ink.
Floating World
1959
101 x 155 cm
Crayola wax crayons, gouache, india ink.
Cloud City
1959
70 x 154.7 cm
Crayola wax crayons, gouache, india ink.
