Two interlinked skeletons of birds (1924)

Gustav Vigeland

woodcut on grey-blue paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Two interlinked skeletons of birds (1924)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Grey paper, Blue paper

Physical Object Description:

Two interlinked skeletons of birds. 1915-1924 Woodcut on grey-blue paper. Signed in ink below image.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

21.4 x 13.9 cm

Accession Number:

1927,0212.136

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 its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1924; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1924

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Birds

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