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La Sieste

Print
ca. 1925 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Black and white postcard-sized print depicting a woman reclining in a hammock.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleLa Sieste (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Woodcut
Brief description
'La Sieste', postcard issued by the Société de la Gravure sur Bois Originale, woodcut by Charles Picart-le-Doux, France, ca. 1925
Physical description
Black and white postcard-sized print depicting a woman reclining in a hammock.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.25in
  • Width: 5.125in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Credit line
Given by Campbell Dodgson
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Collection
Accession number
E.257-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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