Devant la glace; Portrait en coup de mer (about 1932)

Gustave Pierre

etching, on cream oriental paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Devant la glace; Portrait en coup de mer (about 1932)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Cream paper, Oriental paper

Physical Object Description:

In front of the mirror: Self-portrait of the artist, wearing check jacket, hat and smoking pipe, holding burin. c.1932 Etching, on cream oriental paper. Signed and numbered 18/30. Bears blindstamp SAGOT Editeur PARIS.

Technique:

Etching

Dimensions:

27. 7 x 20.9 cm

Accession Number:

1932,0514.59

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1932

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, 1919-32; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1932

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Self Portrait

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