Crocodile (1926)

Ruth Meier

woodcut, printed on thin oriental paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Oriental paper

Physical Object Description:

A crocodile; head and forelegs in profile to left. 1926 Woodcut, printed on thin oriental paper. Signed, dated and annotated: "Handdruck".

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

23.5 x 34 cm

Accession Number:

1932,0312.83

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1932

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1931; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1933

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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