Prehistoric antagonists (about 1927)

Gustav Wolf

etching with drypoint

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Rocky landscape with two dinosaur-like creatures. c.1927 Etching with drypoint. Signed on plate and in pencil.

Technique:

Etching, Drypoint

Dimensions:

24.7 x 20.1 cm

Accession Number:

1927,0212.161

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1927

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, 1919-27; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1927

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Mythological creatures

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