TERRY HAASS, (Tereza Haass)
(Czech Cieszyn 17 November 1923- Paris 1 March 2016)
"INANNA I", 1961
"INANNA" is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess associated with love, beauty, sex, war, justice and political power. She was originally worshipped in Sumer under the name "INANNA", and was later worshipped by Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians under the name "ISHTAR".
She was known as the "QUEEN OF HEAVEN" and she was the patron goddess of the EANNA temple at the city of Uruk, which was her main cult center.
She was associated with the planet VENUS and her most prominent symbols included the lion and the eight-pointed star.
Her husband was the god DUMUZID (later known as TAMMUZ) and her SUKKAL, or personal attendant, was the goddess NINSHUBUR (who later became conflated with the male deities ILABRAT and PAPSUKKAL).
Original etching printed in colour on "ARCHES" wove paper.
Signed in pencil by the artist lower right.
Titled in pencil by the artist lower centre.
Numbered in pencil 11/20 lower left.
Limited edition.
Very nice and original art-work.
Highly decorative print.
Well known International artist who met and worked with some of the greatest artists of her century.
Size/Format: 290mm by 195mm [plate/cuivre]
500mm by 330mm [sheet/paper]
TEREZA HAAS
(Czech Cieszyn 17-11-1923/Paris 1-3-2016)
Terry Haass was born on 17. 11. 1923 in Czech Cieszyn. Part of his childhood spent in Mohelnice, studied girls vocational school Pöttingeum in Olomouc, then because of Jewish descent in 1939, escaped from Czechoslovakia to France. Here she studied art history.
In 1941 she moved to New York. Five years later she entered the studio of Stanley William Hayter, who in 1940 moved to New York from Paris his famous "Atelier 17". There she met and worked alongside for example, Joan Miró, André Masson and Yves Tanguy. In 1951 she went to Paris. In the printing company Roger Lacourièr met with Pablo Picasso, for example. At the same time, she studied Mesopotamian archeology and received a diploma at the Ecole du Louvre. She participated in major excavations in the Middle East - Israel, Turkey, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Iran.
Her art work is represented in collections in museums and galleries around the world (eg. England, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, the United States, but also Cameroon). A large collection of her works owns Olomouc Museum of Art too. Museum organised in 2006 an extensive retrospective by Terry Haass titled Light - space - time.
The exhibition offered a profile of her work since the 40s of the 20th century to the present. She introduced her graphic works, paintings, sculptures and costume designs. The exhibition was a documentary Terry from Montmartre director Olga ?pátová, broadcast by Czech Television. The exhibition supplemented documentary "Terry from Montmartre" by director Olga ?pátová.
"Terry Haass lived an incredibly rich, creative and meaningful life. She had no time for fatigue, did not allow her age, she still had creative plans. It is an honour for me that I could meet and work with so active, decent and characterful woman," said Gina Renotiére, art historian and curator of the Olomouc exhibition.