(C) - Hulme, Max (UK) - Sitting Monkey on a cigar box
Entry/Object ID
2013.5.1
Description
Discovered in one of the boxes from the Gershon Legman archive in Valbonne, southern France, this charming monkey folded by Max Hulme was found tucked inside a cigarette box. The handwriting is Hulme’s. The “thinking monkey” is made from an unidentified, fairly thick type of paper that, remarkably, has kept its folds intact after all these years.
Artwork Details
Medium
kami paper
Context
Since this cigarette box (blue, turquoise) was found together with the other one (red), which has “circa 1980” written on its label, it is likely that both were sent to Legman around the same time.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Hulme, Max
Role
Designer and folder
Date made
circa 1980
Notes
About the artist:
Max Hulme, from England, emerged as a creative force in the origami world in the mid-1970s, astonishing folders with his lifelike 3D models and remarkable technical ingenuity. Iconic designs like his Jack-in-the-Box, Sports Car, and London Omnibus showcased not only his imagination but also his ability to engineer complex forms with elegance and precision.
While his early diagrams were hand-drawn and often minimal, ellow members of the British Origami Society helped make his work more accessible to a wider audience. In later years, he undertook the monumental task of producing computer-drawn diagrams of nearly his entire body of work.
He died in England in June, 2020.
