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Steppenwolf (T138)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Primary Collection
Maker
Caroline Broadhead
Title
Steppenwolf
Made in
London
Date
1990
Materials and techniques
Silk - wired and scorched with "brand" in a soldering iron; painted wall and pencilled wall shadows.
Object number
T138
Category
Textiles
Maker's statement
The idea of the double, a split personality or two conflicting halves. The title refers to the Herman Hesse novel which is about a man whose soul is divided, and the attempt to integrate the two halves.