Chameleon (circa 1939)

Meryl Watts

colour woodcut, predominantly in mauve-pink, green and blue

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Ink

Physical Object Description:

Reptile in profile to right with long tail curled around. c.1939 Colour woodcut, predominantly in mauve-pink, green and blue. Signed and numbered 6/50.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

28.8 x 29 cm

Accession Number:

1939,0730.54

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1939

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) with the Prints and Drawings Fund of the Contemporary Art Society, 1936 (for £4.10/); presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1939

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Reptile

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