Maternité (circa 1929)

Edward Bille

hand-coloured woodcut, on thin paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Thin paper

Physical Object Description:

Motherhood; woman leaning over small child sleeping in bed, cross above on wall. c.1931 Hand-coloured woodcut, on thin paper, Signed with monogram on block. Signed, titled and numbered 30/50.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

26 x 33 cm

Accession Number:

1931,1114.56

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1931

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, 1929; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1931

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Mother and Child

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