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Woodcut

1931 (made)
Artist/Maker

Book-plate.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woodcut
Brief description
Print, the monogram of Dr. Lily Meyer-Wedell. Woodcut by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, 1931.
Physical description
Book-plate.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.3cm
  • Width: 5.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'S Rottluff' (Signed in pencil)
Credit line
Given by Mr Gustav Delbanco
Object history
E.806-885-1963, under Prints and Drawings in this list, were formerly in the collection of Dr. Rosa Schapire, and of these the proofs of woodcuts made prior to 1924 were part of the material for her catalogue of Schmidt-Rottluff's graphic work. The Victoria and Albert Museum Library also has a collection of examples of the artist's typographical work, bequeathed by Dr. Schapire in 1955.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.877-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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