Pietà (1937)

Lennart Rafael Segerstråle

drypoint

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Figure with eyes closed and head tilted back, wearing robe. 1937 Drypoint. Signed with initials and dated on plate. Signed, dated, numbered 9/45 and annotated: "T.p.l'a".

Technique:

Drypoint

Dimensions:

29.8 x 39.7 cm

Accession Number:

1939,0730.84

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1939

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1938; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1939

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Life of Christ, Death

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