Saint Genevieve (1932)

Janina Konarska

colour woodcut, printed in red, black, grey-brown and lime green, on thick cream paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

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Physical Object Description:

Saint seated at spinning wheel, sheep behind, poor figures huddled below. c.1932 Colour woodcut, printed in red, black, grey-brown and lime green, on thick cream paper. Titled on block. Signed in pencil.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

35.6 x 26.6 cm

Accession Number:

1932,0514.74

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1932

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1929; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1932

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Saints

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