Description
Elephants for Anna, charcoal drawing on handmade paper
48 x 33 cm
From the collection of the Atelier Fritz Hug
Creation year
1987
The picture has a special significance: African elephants would never migrate in a nuclear family, but in a herd consisting of mother animals and their young. The picture was created as a birth announcement for granddaughter Anna and it symbolizes her family with father, mother and her two older sisters. The birth announcements of the sisters can be found at
https://fritzhug-bildarchiv.ch/raubtiere-predators/cheetahs/cheetahs-for-christina/
https://fritzhug-bildarchiv.ch/hoofed-animals/camels-giraffes/giraffes-for-rebecca/