Self Portrait (1907)

Ferdinand Schmutzer

etching with drypoint and soft-ground on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Paper, Ink, Soft ground paper

Physical Object Description:

Self-portrait of Ferdinand Schmutzer; standing on his desk and working on an etching; unfinished painting on an easel in the background; second state. 1907 Etching with drypoint and soft-ground. Signed in black crayon.

Technique:

Etching, Drypoint

Dimensions:

52.2 x 35.1 cm

Accession Number:

1925,0314.20

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1925

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) with the Prints and Drawings Fund of the Contemporary Art Society, 1923; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1925

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Self Portrait

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