Le jeu de massacre (Aunt Sally) (1925)

Henri van Straaten

woodcut, on tissue paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Tissue paper

Physical Object Description:

The Aunt Sally; man at fairground stall aiming ball at dummy. c.1934 Woodcut, on tissue paper. Signed, titled and numbered 13/25.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

24.4 x 17.4 cm

Accession Number:

1934,0210.33

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1934

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, 1925-34; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1934

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Fairgrounds

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