Odelisque (Oriental woman) (about 1929)

Jean Lurçat

drypoint

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Semi-abstract reclining female figure, three-quarter length. c.1929 Drypoint. Signed on plate. Signed and numbered 7/15.

Technique:

Drypoint

Dimensions:

25.3 x 32.2 cm

Accession Number:

1946,1214.2

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1946

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Sir Colin Anderson (1904-1980) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1946; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1946

Relationship:

Sir Colin Skelton Anderson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Female, Nudes

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Jean Lurçat

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