Portrait de la femme de l'artiste (1896)

Louis Malteste

lithograph

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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Physical Object Description:

Portrait of Louis Malteste's wife, bust-length, turned to the right and looking towards the viewer, wearing a plumed hat and a cape; signed impression. 1896 Lithograph. Signed and dated by Malteste, in pencil: 'Louis Malteste 1896'; annotated in pencil on recto: 'Portrait de la femme de l'artiste', 'Pierre effacée après deux épreuves tirées / ouis Malteste'. Annotated by Malteste on verso, in black ink: 'Certifié deuxième et dernière épreuve. Le tirage a été interrompu par suite d'accident survenu à la pierre. Le dessin abimé a été effacé aussitôt après cette deuxième épreuve - Louis Malteste 1896'.

Technique:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

49 x 40.4 cm

Accession Number:

1926,0313.102

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1926

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, 1919-26; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1926

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Portraits, Female

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Artist Bio

Louis Malteste

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