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Gaité Montparnasse

Print
early 20th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Sickert, Walter Richard (artist)

'Gaité Montparnasse'. Final state 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
Print
TitleGaité Montparnasse
Materials and techniques
Engraving and etching print
Laid Paper
Printing Ink
Engraving (Printing Process)
Etching
Brief description
'Gaité Montparnasse'. Final state engraving and etching(?) print showing an audience at the music hall, viewed from the stage. Drawn and engraved by Walter Richard Sickert. Early 20th century.
Physical description
'Gaité Montparnasse'. Final state 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 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.)
Gallery label
Gaité Montparnasse. Final State. Signed St. Inscribed with title in reverse. Lettered with title and Sickert inv. del. sc. Etching. 5 13/16 x 4 1/4 E.2615-1948 Given by Miss Sylvia Gosse
Credit line
Given by Sylvia Gosse
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
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2615-1948

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O599357/gaité-montparnasse-print-sickert-walter-richard/
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