Studie i Rullet, motiv fra Romsdalsforden (Study with roller, motif from Romsdalsfjorden, Norway) (1926)

Christian Christensen

soft-ground etching with roulette work

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Studie i Rullet, motiv fra Romsdalsforden (Study with roller, motif from Romsdalsfjorden, Norway) (1926)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

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Physical Object Description:

View on lake surrounded by hills at dawn or sunset. 1926 Soft-ground etching with roulette work. Signed, dated: "Julen 1926" and annotated: "[...] som er mit første førsøk med etzet rullet sender jeg Dem Hr George Broehner i håb am at den vil intereser Dem. [... which is my first attempt with the etched roller I send you Mr George Broehner in the hope that it will interest you]".

Technique:

Etching, Roulette

Dimensions:

20.7 x 33.3 cm

Accession Number:

1928,0310.84

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1928

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1926; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1928

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Landscape

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