C. Pontius Pilatus Propræt (Illustration by Georges Rouault to André Suarès’ Passion, Ambroise Vollard, Paris,1939) (1939)

Georges Aubert

wood-engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

C. Pontius Pilatus Propræt (Illustration by Georges Rouault to André Suarès’ Passion, Ambroise Vollard, Paris,1939) (1939)

Classification:

Print, Book Illustration

Physical Object Description:

Mary Magdalene tending Christ at foot of Cross, wood-engraved illustration to André Suarès, 'Passion', 1939. Lettered with Rouault's initials and dated: "1936" on block. Annotated: "140". Verso lettered with title.

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

29.7 x: 19.8 cm

Accession Number:

1945,1208.295

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1945

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by A. M. Hind (1880-1957) for the Contemporary Art Society, with the Prints and Drawings Fund, 1940; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1945

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Life of Christ

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