Polar bears (1928)

Betty Purvis

lithograph on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

One bear on ice, the other emerging from water. 1928 Lithograph. Signed and dated.

Technique:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

21.7 x 25.5 cm

Accession Number:

1931,1114.34

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1931

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1930; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1931

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Mammal, Ice

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