Ekphrastic Haibun: Bosh, by Angelee Deodhar

Potato #345, by Kevin Abosh (Ireland), 2010.

Ekphrastic Haibun : Bosh

Recently the art world was rocked when a photograph of a spud, yes, the humble potato, sold for a record of  a cool £750,000 (approximately $1 million).

This image by the Irish photographer Kevin Abosch was bought by an unnamed businessman, after he fell in love with the photograph hanging on Abosch’s wall, after having drinks together.

As potatoes go it isn’t even a good looking specimen, just a humble brown on a black background.
One recalls Van Gogh’s The Potato Eaters which consists of five figures sitting around a square table eating potatoes in a dark room with light from an oil lamp.The Potato Eaters failed to be displayed in Salon. Today the piece is considered as being his first masterpiece.

cold hands-
warmed by a cup of
hot masala chai

Angelee Deodhar

This haibun first appeared in the other bunny.
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​Dr. Ms Angelee Deodhar is an eye surgeon by profession as well as a haiku poet, translator, and artist. She lives and works in, Chandigarh  India. Her haiku, haibun and haiga have been published internationally in various books and journals, and her work can be viewed on many websites.

The Potato Eaters, by Vincent Van Gogh (Netherlands), 1885.