Before Mass (first trial proof) (1926)

Robert Sargent Austin

engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Woman seated on a stool washing her feet, seen from behind. 1926 Engraving. Signed with initials on plate. Annotated: "1st trial proof" and "The only print I have, all the others (2) destroyed".

Technique:

Engraving

Dimensions:

12.7 x 11.4 cm

Accession Number:

1927,0709.143

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1927

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with the Prints and Drawings Fund, 1926; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1927

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Woman

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