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Still Life with a Shy Leaf

Print
1961 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Avati, Mario (engraver)

Mezzotint engraving by Mario Avati, 'Nature Morte à la Feuille Timide', signed, dated 1961 and numbered.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Still Life with a Shy Leaf (generic title)
  • Nature Morte à la Feuille Timide (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint engraving on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Mezzotint
Brief description
Mezzotint engraving by Mario Avati, 'Nature Morte à la Feuille Timide', signed, dated 1961 and numbered.
Physical description
Mezzotint engraving by Mario Avati, 'Nature Morte à la Feuille Timide', signed, dated 1961 and numbered.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.5cm
  • Width: 31.5cm
Taken from 'Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965' published by HMSO 1966
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Avati' (Signed in pencil.)
  • (Inscribed with the title.)
  • 'Essai 9/9' (Numbered.)
  • '61' (Dated in pencil on the plate mark.)
Subject depicted
Still Life
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965 pub. HMSO 1966
  • V. Mednarodna Grafična Razstava = V. [5th] Exposition Internationale de Gravure, Ljubljana : Moderna Galerija, 1963 no. 203
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1191-1965

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O696265/still-life-with-a-shy-print-avati-mario/
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