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The Three Fates - etching and aquatint

Print
Artist/Maker

General Description: The Three Fates. She who spins, she who weaves, she who cuts the thread of life. c.1989. Signed in pencil J. Morreau. Inscribed with title and numbered 12/35.


Object details

Object type
TitleThe Three Fates - etching and aquatint
Materials and techniques
Etching and aquatint.
Brief description
Print by Jacqueline Morreau
Physical description
General Description: The Three Fates. She who spins, she who weaves, she who cuts the thread of life. c.1989. Signed in pencil J. Morreau. Inscribed with title and numbered 12/35.
Dimensions
  • Size of plate height: 37.8cm
  • Size of plate width: 30cm
  • Size of sheet height: 65.5cm
  • Size of sheet width: 50cm
Size of plate 37.8 x 30 cm. Size of sheet 65.5 x 50 cm.
Object history
Exhibitions: Art Space Gallery, London: "The Bite of the Print", 10 march - 6 April 1989. Victoria and Albert Museum: The Nude: A New Perspective, 24 May - 3 September 1989.

Notes: Much of Morreau's work in all media has involved the re-interpretation of myths and the re-instatement of mythic heroines degraded by patriarchy. The myth of the Three Fates was earlier used in the painting She Who Spins, 1983.
Collection
Accession number
E.254-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
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