The man who died (1940s)

John Farleigh

colour wood-engraving

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Naked man, seen from behind, clutching at rockface. c.1945 Colour wood-engraving, in red and black. Signed, numbered 3/6 and annotated: "and leaned frail hands on the rock near the chinks of light".

Technique:

Wood-engraving

Dimensions:

21.5 x 11.5 cm

Accession Number:

1945,1208.84

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1942

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1942; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1942

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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