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Der Smaragd

Print
ca.1915 (made)
Artist/Maker

Pencil study titled 'Der Smaragd', for the water-colour reproduced as an illustration to 'Simplicissimus'. On the back, the same drawing in reverse, traced through, with the details outside the oval omitted. Stamped on the back and the front with the stamp of the 'Bibliothek Dr. von Ankwicz'.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleDer Smaragd (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Drawing, pencil
Brief description
Study titled 'Der Smaragd' [the emerald], by Otto Friedrich Carl Lendecke (1886-1918), for the water-colour reproduced as an illustration to 'Simplicissimus', ca.1915.
Physical description
Pencil study titled 'Der Smaragd', for the water-colour reproduced as an illustration to 'Simplicissimus'. On the back, the same drawing in reverse, traced through, with the details outside the oval omitted. Stamped on the back and the front with the stamp of the 'Bibliothek Dr. von Ankwicz'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.5cm
  • Width: 30.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1964. London: HMSO, 1965.
Marks and inscriptions
(Stamped on the back and the front with the stamp of the Bibliothek Dr. von Ankwicz)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1964. London: HMSO, 1965.
Collection
Accession number
E.430-1964

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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