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Shadows in a winter wood

Print
1953 (made)
Artist/Maker

Print, in black ink, depicting the nude figures of a man and a woman, seeming to float through a wood. The man has his back to the viewer, while the woman is turned, facing out to the right; around them is a forest.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleShadows in a winter wood (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Wood-engraving
Brief description
'Shadows in a winter wood'. Print depicting the nude figures of a man and woman in a wood. Presentation plate issued by the Print Collectors' Club. Wood-engraving, printed in black, by Nora Spicer Unwin, 1953.
Physical description
Print, in black ink, depicting the nude figures of a man and a woman, seeming to float through a wood. The man has his back to the viewer, while the woman is turned, facing out to the right; around them is a forest.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.5cm
  • Width: 10.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Shadows in a winter wood Nora S. Unwin 1953' (Inscribed in pencil at the bottom of the page)
  • (Marked with monogram in the bottom right corner of the print)
Credit line
Given by the Print Collectors' Club
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.1046-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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