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Portraits I: Gravés au Burin par Krol et precedes d'un Texte du Graveur

Print
1951 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print in a portfolio opf portraits with a title plate on the cover and two folios of letterpress.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Portraits I: Gravés au Burin par Krol et precedes d'un Texte du Graveur (series title)
  • Pierre Seghers (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Pierre Seghers. Plate from a portfolio containing a series entitled 'Portraits I: Gravés au Burin par Krol et precedes d'un Texte du Graveur' depicting artists, writers and others. Engraving by Abram Krol, 1951.
Physical description
Print in a portfolio opf portraits with a title plate on the cover and two folios of letterpress.
DimensionsThe prints in this series are described as being of various sizes in the accession record.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'L' and '9-50' (Each plate signed with the artist's monogram. Plates 2, 3 dated respectively)
  • '1' to '12' (The portraits numbered)
  • 'Krol.' (Signed in red ink on the colophon)
  • '1' (Inscribed as a presentation copy to the Museum and numbered)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Object history
This copy, one of 12 each published with an original drawing for one of the plates, contained the study of Lucien Becker, E.2906-1962. The artist also gave the copperplate of this subject, E.2905-1962, and a proof of a variant portrait of Paul Prouté, E.2904-1962.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Other number
Pl. 6
Collection
Accession number
E.2897-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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