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Tigres et biches (1926)

Joseph Hecht

counterproof of engraving, on oriental tissue

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Tigres et biches (1926)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print

Materials:

Oriental tissue paper

Physical Object Description:

Tigers stalking deer through palm thicket, moving from left. 1926 Counterproof of engraving, on oriental tissue. Signed and annotated: "contre epreuve".

Technique:

Engraving, Counterproof

Dimensions:

8.7 x 39.5 cm

Accession Number:

1930,0111.57

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1930

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1926; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1930

Subject:

Tiger

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