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The New Tie

Printing Plate
1922 (etched)
Artist/Maker
Sickert, Walter Richard (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (etched)

'The New Tie'. Etched steel-faced copperplate. A man full-length stands before a mirror and with his left hand adjusts his tie. In the background, a woman seated. Signed and dated Sickert. 1922 and inscribed in the artist's hand The new tie at the bottom of the design. Lettered with Sickert inv. del et sc. and the title below the frame of the design. Paper label attached to verso.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Illustration
Tools & Equipment
Object type
Printing Plate
TitleThe New Tie
Materials and techniques
Etched steel-faced copperplate
Steel
Copper
Etching
Brief description
Etched steel-faced copper plate. Walter Richard Sickert. The New Tie, 1922.
Physical description
'The New Tie'. Etched steel-faced copperplate. A man full-length stands before a mirror and with his left hand adjusts his tie. In the background, a woman seated. Signed and dated Sickert. 1922 and inscribed in the artist's hand The new tie at the bottom of the design. Lettered with Sickert inv. del et sc. and the title below the frame of the design. Paper label attached to verso.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.5cm
  • Width: 17.8cm
Measure by DH 08/07/2010
Marks and inscriptions
  • Sickert. 1922 (Lower right corner of image (in reverse). The '22' is not correctly reversed.)
  • THE NEW TIE (Title, centre below image frame (in reverse).)
  • The new tie (Title, lower left corner of image (in reverse).)
  • SICKERT, Walter Richard (1860-1942) / The New Tie. A man full length stands before a mirror and with his left hand adjusts his tie. In the background, a woman seated. / Original copperplate (for impression from the plate see E.1973-1946). / Signed and dated Sickert 1922 and inscribed in the artist's hand The new tie. / Lettered with title and Sickert inv. del et sc. / Copperplate, steel-faced. 10 13/16 x 7 E.1972-1946 / Given by The Sickerts Trust, through Mrs. L. Powell. (Paper label attached to verso.)
Gallery label
SICKERT, Walter Richard (1860-1942) The New Tie. A man full length stands before a mirror and with his left hand adjusts his tie. In the background, a woman seated. Original copperplate (for impression from the plate see E.1973-1946). Signed and dated Sickert 1922 and inscribed in the artist's hand The new tie. Lettered with title and Sickert inv. del et sc. Copperplate, steel-faced. 10 13/16 x 7 E.1972-1946 Given by The Sickerts Trust, through Mrs. L. Powell.
Credit line
Given by The Sickerts Trust, through Mrs. L. Powell.
Production
An impression from this plate, before title, is E.2620-1948.
Subjects depicted
Fashion
Man
Mirror
Interior
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1972-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O606147/the-new-tie-printing-plate-sickert-walter-richard/
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