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Lucien Becker

Printing Plate
1951 (made)
Artist/Maker
Krol, Abram (artist)

Abram Krol (1919–2001) engraved this bold portrait using simple outlines but with such depth and clarity of line that the image is clearly visible, even on the copper plate. Only the hair and the shadow under the hands have any shading. This image is just like the artist’s characteristic outline style of drawing, only reproduced using a burin in copper.


Object details

Categories
Portraits
Prints
Printmaking Techniques
Object type
Printing Plate
TitleLucien Becker (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Copperplate
Copperplate
Brief description
Engraved copper plate. Abram Krol. Portrait of Lucien Becker, 1951.
Physical description
Portrait, half-length, full face engraved on a copperplate.
Dimensions
  • Height: 27.6cm
  • Width: 20cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'1' (Signed with the artist's monogram and numbered)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Object history
An impression from this plate is E.2893-1962, Pl. I in the artist's portfolio Portraits I, Paris, 1951. The drawing for this plate is E.2906-1962. See note to E.2891-2903-1962.
Subject depicted
Becker, Lucien
Summary
Abram Krol (1919–2001) engraved this bold portrait using simple outlines but with such depth and clarity of line that the image is clearly visible, even on the copper plate. Only the hair and the shadow under the hands have any shading. This image is just like the artist’s characteristic outline style of drawing, only reproduced using a burin in copper.
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2905-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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