L'Armoire à Glace
- Object:
Etching
- Place of origin:
UK (made)
- Date:
1922 (etched)
mid 1940s (made) - Artist/Maker:
Sickert, Walter Richard, born 1860 - died 1942 (artist)
David Strang (printer) - Museum number:
E.87-1950
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case EE, shelf 181, box D
Physical description
Etching of a woman sitting in the corner alcove of a room, partially obscured by a large wardrobe with a rectangular mirror mounted in the front.
Place of Origin
UK (made)
Date
1922 (etched)
mid 1940s (made)
Artist/maker
Sickert, Walter Richard, born 1860 - died 1942 (artist)
David Strang (printer)
Dimensions
Height: 11 in of sheet (approx), Width: 6.75 in
Object history note
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.
Descriptive line
Walter Sickert. 'L'Armoire à Glace', 1922. Final state etching printed posthumously by David Strang, mid-1940s.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1950, London: HMSO, 1962.
The full text of the record is as follows:
'SICKERT, Walter Richard, R. A. (1860-1942)
The following proofs E.84-88, 90, 92, 94-1950 were printed by Mr. David Strang at the request of Mrs. Sickert after her husband's death. The copperplates from which these impressions were taken (including the cancelled copperplates E.89, 91, 93-1950) were part of a group of 49 in Mrs. Sickert's possession, from 46 of which editions were printed, varying in number according to the condition of the individual copperplates. The number pencilled on each proof is that given to the copperplate by Mr Strang in the process of printing the editions. After these printings the copperplates were cancelled.
...
L'Armoire à Glace. Final state.
Signed and dated St. 1922. Inscribed Rue Agnado. Lettered with title and Sickert inv del et sc. Numbered in pencil 44
Etching.
E.87-1950
Given by The Sickerts Trust through Mrs. Louise Powell'
Associated names
Thérèse Lessore
Materials
Printing ink; Laid paper
Techniques
Etching; Engraving (printing process)
Subjects depicted
Woman; Mirror; Wardrobe
Collection code
PDP
