Le chêne et le roseau (Illustration to Jean de la Fontaine: 'celui de qui la tête au ciel était voisine') (1922)

Gabriel Belot

woodcut on oriental tissue paper, quotation printed below in brown

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Le chêne et le roseau (Illustration to Jean de la Fontaine: 'celui de qui la tête au ciel était voisine') (1922)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Ink, Oriental tissue paper

Physical Object Description:

The oak and the reed; tree falling into stream exposing roots, birds and animals scattering. Signed, titled and numbered 9/40. Lettered on block below: "CELUI DE QUI LA TETE AU CIEL ..."(Jean de la Fontaine)

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

31.5 x 44.9 cm

Accession Number:

1925,0314.34

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1925

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1922; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1925

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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