St. Francis blowing Brother Masseo into the air

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Lithograph titled 'St. Francis blowing Brother Masseo into the air'. Signed in pencil 'Arthur Boyd', and numbered '22-25'. St. Francis is portrayed levitating, his back arched, exhaling breath. Brother Masseo, depicted naked with his arms outstretched, floats above him.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	St. Francis blowing Brother Masseo into the air (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Lithography Lithography
Brief description	'St. Francis blowing Brother Masseo into the air'. Print by Arthur Boyd (born 1920) from a set of 21 lithographs themed around St. Francis of Assisi, published in 1965. The edition was limited to 25 sets.
Physical description	Lithograph titled 'St. Francis blowing Brother Masseo into the air'. Signed in pencil 'Arthur Boyd', and numbered '22-25'. St. Francis is portrayed levitating, his back arched, exhaling breath. Brother Masseo, depicted naked with his arms outstretched, floats above him.
Dimensions	Height: 50.8cm Width: 62.8cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Marks and inscriptions	'Arthur Boyd' (Each signed in pencil) '22-25' (Each numbered)
Subjects depicted	Air St Francis of Assisi
Associated objects	E.4940-1968 (Set) E.4922-1968 (Set) E.4923-1968 (Set) E.4925-1968 (Set) E.4927-1968 (Set) E.4942-1968 (Set) E.4937-1968 (Set) E.4936-1968 (Set) E.4931-1968 (Set) E.4928-1968 (Set) E.4930-1968 (Set) E.4932-1968 (Set) E.4933-1968 (Set) E.4939-1968 (Set) E.4929-1968 (Set) E.4934-1968 (Set) E.4935-1968 (Set) E.4924-1968 (Set) E.4926-1968 (Set) E.4938-1968 (Set) E.4941-1968 (Set)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.4942-1968

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O688836/st-francis-blowing-brother-masseo-print-boyd-arthur/

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