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Der Gefangene (The prisoner) (1922)

Johann Vincez Cissarz

etching and drypoint

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Der Gefangene (The prisoner) (1922)
Der Gefangene (The prisoner) (1922)
Der Gefangene (The prisoner) (1922)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print

Physical Object Description:

A prisoner in his cell, touching iron bars. 1922 Etching and drypoint. Signed on plate and in pencil below the image; inscribed with title and 'Orig Radierung'.

Technique:

Etching, Drypoint

Dimensions:

25.4 x 20.6 cm

Accession Number:

1927,0212.150

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, 1919-27; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1927

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Prison

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Artist Bio

Johann Vincez Cissarz
Der Gefangene (The prisoner) (1922)

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