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Christmas card : a monkey

Print
1913 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Zincograph impression of a christmas card featuring a monkey, inscribed in pen on the back 'with best wishes for Xmas and the new year from H & Z Gaudier Brzeska XII 12'.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleChristmas card : a monkey (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Zincography
Brief description
Zincograph impression of a christmas card depicting a monkey, by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, from a zinc block (see E.1970-1946). Published in London, 1913.
Physical description
Zincograph impression of a christmas card featuring a monkey, inscribed in pen on the back 'with best wishes for Xmas and the new year from H & Z Gaudier Brzeska XII 12'.
Dimensions
  • Size of card height: 3.625in
  • Size of card width: 4.75in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Marks and inscriptions
With best wishes for Xmas and the new year from H & Z Gaudier Brzeska XII 12.
Object history
The original drawing for this print is reproduced as Plate38 in Gaudier-Brzeska's Drawings by H. Brodzky, published by Messrs. Faber & Faber, Ltd., London, 1946
Subjects depicted
Associated object
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection
Accession number
E.1971-1946

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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