The Bather (Illustration to Love Night by Powys Mathers) (1936)

John Buckland Wright

wood-engraving on tissue paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

The Bather (Illustration to Love Night by Powys Mathers) (1936)

Classification:

Print, Book Illustration

Materials:

Tissue paper

Physical Object Description:

Nude woman in forest pool; illustration to 'Love Night' by Powys Mathers, published by Golden Cockerel Press. 1936 Wood-engraving, on tissue paper. Signed, dated and titled.

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

16 x 10.5 cm

Accession Number:

1938,0514.51

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1938

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1937; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1938

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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