Wrestlers
Wrestlers

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Wrestlers,

1914

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915; born St. Jean-de-Braye, France; died Neuville-Saint-Vaast, France; active Paris, France and London, England
x1944-557

Information

Title
Wrestlers
Dates

1914

Maker
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Medium
Linocut
Dimensions
block: 27.9 × 22.6 cm (11 × 8 7/8 in.) sheet: 33 x 24.5 cm. (13 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Dan Fellows Platt
Object Number
x1944-557
Place Made

Europe, France

Inscription
Inscribed and dated in ink below plate, lower center from left to right: With Henri Gaudier Brzeska’s compliments/ arch [sic] 25. Winthorpe Road / Putney / 1914 In pen and black ink along right margin, folded under sheet: C. Haldane Macfall Esq / 1 Pelham Cresent / West Kensington .W. / [Printed matter]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Folded under sheet, left edge of right margin: one green halfpenny stamp, with postmark reading: PUTNEY... / 31 DEC 15 / 7.30 PM
Culture
European, French
Type
linocuts, prints
Materials
laid paper
Techniques
linoleum-block printing
Subject
sports, abstraction, figures (representations)

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