Gaité Montparnasse
Printing Plate
ca. 1919 (made)
ca. 1919 (made)
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'Gaité Montparnasse'. Engraved and etched(?) copperplate, cancelled, showing an audience at the music hall, viewed from the stage. Inscribed with title below image (in reverse). Signed St. (in reverse). Lettered with title (not in reverse) and Sickert inv del et sc. (in reverse) below image. Plate in cancelled by four 1cm (approx) holes, one in each corner of the image.
Object details
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| Title | Gaité Montparnasse (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraved and etched(?) copperplate |
| Brief description | 'Gaité Montparnasse'.Engraved and etched(?) copperplate, cancelled, showing an audience at the music hall, viewed from the stage. Drawn and engraved by Walter Richard Sickert. ca. 1919 |
| Physical description | 'Gaité Montparnasse'. Engraved and etched(?) copperplate, cancelled, showing an audience at the music hall, viewed from the stage. Inscribed with title below image (in reverse). Signed St. (in reverse). Lettered with title (not in reverse) and Sickert inv del et sc. (in reverse) below image. Plate in cancelled by four 1cm (approx) holes, one in each corner of the image. |
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| 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 |
| Credit line | Given by The Sickerts Trust through Mrs. Louise Powell |
| 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 | For two impressions taken from this plate before it was cancelled see, E.2615-1948 and E.90-1950. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1950, London: HMSO, 1962. |
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| Accession number | E.89-1950 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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