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Gaité Montparnasse

Etching
ca. 1919 (etched), mid 1940s (made)
Artist/Maker
Sickert, Walter Richard (artist)
David Strang (printer)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (made)

'Gaité Montparnasse'. Engraving and etching(?) print showing an audience at the music hall, viewed from the stage. Inscribed with the title below the image. Signed St.. Lettered with title (in reverse) and Sickert inv del et sc. below the image.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Music
Object type
Etching
TitleGaité Montparnasse
Materials and techniques
Engraving and etching print
Laid Paper
Printing Ink
Engraving (Printing Process)
Etching
Brief description
Walter Sickert, 'Gaité Montparnasse'. Etching showing an audience at the music hall, viewed from the stage, ca. 1919. Final state etching printed posthumously by David Strang, mid-1940s.
Physical description
'Gaité Montparnasse'. Engraving and etching(?) print showing an audience at the music hall, viewed from the stage. Inscribed with the title below the image. Signed St.. Lettered with title (in reverse) and Sickert inv del et sc. below the image.
Dimensions
  • Of sheet (approx) height: 23.5cm
  • Of sheet (approx) width: 15.5cm
  • Of plate impression height: 14.7cm
  • Of plate impression width: 10.9cm
Measured by Dh 07/07/2010
Marks and inscriptions
  • GAITE MONTPARNASSE (Title, centre below image.)
  • St. (Signed, lower right corner of image.)
  • Gaité Montparnasse (Lettered with title (in reverse), lower left corner of image.)
  • Sickert inv del et sc. (Lettered below lower left corner of image.)
  • No 7 (Written in pencil in lower right corner of sheet.)
Gallery label
Gaité Montparnasse. Cancelled copperplate. Signed St. Inscribed with title. Lettered with title and Sickert inv del et sc. Copperplate. 5 7/8 x 4 5/16 Given by The Sickerts Trust through Mrs. Louise Powell Note: An impressopn from this plate before cancellation is E.90-1950
Object history
This is one of a group of etchings, E.84 to 94-1950 (including three cancelled copperplates) printed by David Strang following the artist's death in 1942, at the request of his widow Thérèse Lessore (1884-1945). The editions varied in number depending on the condition of the plate, and afterwards, the copperplates were cancelled.
Historical context
Sickert produced a number of paintings at the Gaïté Montparnasse on the bank of the Seine c.1907. He made three paintings of the theatre, showing partial views of the gallery from below.
Production
To see the plate (now cancelled) that this impression was taken from see, E.89-1950.
Subjects depicted
Audience
Music Hall
Balconies
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1950, London: HMSO, 1962.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.90-1950

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O596008/gaité-montparnasse-etching-sickert-walter-richard/
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