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San Gimignano

Print
1967 (made)
Artist/Maker
F. Lafranca (printer)
Nicholson, Ben (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Etching print on cream paper with crinkled edges. Rhomboid linear image with two areas of tone, derived from a still life. Pale area of aquatint down left side, with small area extending into the rest of the image from it near the top. Fine etched line, clear pale grey tone background.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleSan Gimignano (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Printer's ink, paper, etching
Printer's Ink
Paper
Etching
Brief description
By Ben Nicholson: 'San Gimignano', untitled etching, 1967
Physical description
Etching print on cream paper with crinkled edges. Rhomboid linear image with two areas of tone, derived from a still life. Pale area of aquatint down left side, with small area extending into the rest of the image from it near the top. Fine etched line, clear pale grey tone background.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.8cm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1969)
  • Width: 43.5cm (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1969)
  • Height: 33.6cm (plate size) (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1969)
  • Plate size width: 18.1cm (plate size) (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1969)
Marks and inscriptions
  • Nicholson 67 (Signed and dated in pencil)
  • 15/50 (Marked with the edition number in pencil)
Credit line
Acquired from Leslie Waddington Prints Ltd., London in 1969
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1969
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.520-1969

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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