The sailor's farewell (circa 1939)

Iain Macnab

woodcut

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Man with distressed woman, drapery and ship's sail beyond. c.1945 Woodcut. Signed with initials on block. Signed, titled and numbered 4/25.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

22 x 12.3 cm

Accession Number:

1945,1208.126

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1945

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1939; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1945

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Couple

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