Jann Haworth
Snake Lady
1969 - 1971
Medium
Vinyl, ceramics, clay, fabrics, tights, imitation leather and various materials
Museum
Mumok
Acquisition
Acquisition
Year Of Acquisition
2021
Inventory Number
ÖL-Stg 547
Jann Haworth’s (*1942) Snake Lady is one of the artist’s soft sculptures, which were created in the context of British Pop Art in the 1960s. The starting point for the work was a flea market find: a pair of snake leather shoes from which the artist grew a female figure in snakeskin. Haworth combined the soft body with a ceramic head.
This work is currently on show at mumok’s collection exhibition “Mapping the 60s. Art Histories from the Mumok Collections” until February 1, 2026.