Bearded nude man being attacked by mythological beast (1923)

Josef Weisz

woodcut, on oriental tissue

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Bearded nude man being attacked by mythological beast (1923)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Oriental tissue paper

Physical Object Description:

Bearded nude man being attacked by mythological beast. 1923 Woodcut, on oriental tissue. Signed with monogram, dated and numbered 106/XXI on block. Signed and numbered op. 106/21.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

31.8 x 27.7 cm

Accession Number:

1927,0212.172

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, 1923-27; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1927

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Mythological creatures

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