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Dead crow

Lino Cut
1952 (made)
Artist/Maker
Holmes, Ronald Frederick (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Colour print.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Lino cut
TitleDead crow (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lino-cut
Printing Ink
Linoleum-Block Printing
Brief description
'Dead crow'. Ronald Frederick Holmes, 1952.
Physical description
Colour print.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33cm
  • Width: 40.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Copy number
4 of 25
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'R. F. Holmes' (Signed in pencil)
  • '4/25' (Inscribed with title and numbered)
Credit line
Purchased under the terms of the A. M. Shrimpton and William Giles Bequest
Object history
This print was one of two jointly awarded the 2nd Price (Section B, lino-cuts) in the Giles Bequest Competition, 1952, for colour prints from wood and lino.
Subject depicted
Crow
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1952. London: HMSO, 1963.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.709-1952

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O593184/dead-crow-lino-cut-holmes-ronald-frederick/
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