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Illustration to ‘Daphnis and Chloë' by Longus (A. Zwemmer, London, 1937), p. 188 (1937)

Aristide Maillol

colour woodcut, in sanguine ink, on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Illustration to ‘Daphnis and Chloë' by Longus (A. Zwemmer, London, 1937), p. 188 (1937)

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print

Materials:

Sanguine ink

Physical Object Description:

Title vignette to page 188: young man and nude young woman embracing beside tree; proof of colour woodcut illustration, printed in sanguine ink

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

9.5 x 5 cm

Accession Number:

1945,1208.225

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1945

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by A. M. Hind (1880-1957) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1939; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1945

Relationship:

Arthur Mayger 'A. M.' Hind Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Greek and Roman mythology, Lovers

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Artist Bio

Aristide Maillol
Illustration to ‘Daphnis and Chloë' by Longus (A. Zwemmer, London, 1937), p. 188 (1937)

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