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Von der Schönheitt (Illustration to Gustav Mahler's Lied von der Erde) (circa 1926)

Arthur Paunzen

etching on cream oriental paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Von der Schönheitt (Illustration to Gustav Mahler's Lied von der Erde) (circa 1926)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print, Book Illustration

Materials:

Oriental paper

Physical Object Description:

Plate 4: About beauty; group of oriental women relaxing by water, horse on opposite bank; illustration to Gustav Mahler's 'Lied von der Erde' (Song of the earth). Etching, on cream oriental paper. Signed on plate. Signed, titled & numbered IV.

Dimensions:

31.4 x 23.1 cm

Accession Number:

1926,0313.178

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1926

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson from the artist, 18th March 1925, for £2.10.0; acquired by the British Museum through the Contemporary Art Society, 1926

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