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Trinklied (Illustration to Gustav Mahler's Lied von der Erde) (circa 1926)

Arthur Paunzen

etching and aquatint on cream oriental paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Trinklied (Illustration to Gustav Mahler's Lied von der Erde) (circa 1926)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print, Book Illustration

Materials:

Oriental paper

Physical Object Description:

Plate 1: Drinking song; group of oriental men, one standing, beneath porch, moonlit landscape beyond; illustration to Gustav Mahler's 'Lied von der Erde' (Song of the earth). Etching and aquatint, on cream oriental paper. Signed on plate. Signed, titled and numbered I.

Technique:

Aquatint, Etching

Dimensions:

31.6 x 22.8 cm

Accession Number:

1926,0313.175

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1926

Ownership history:

Purchased from the artist by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, 18 March 1925; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1926

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