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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.90.49
People
Walter Sickert, British (Munich, Germany 1860 - 1942 Bathampton, Somerset, England)
Title
Ennui
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1914-1915
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/54722

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 22.6 x 16.4 cm (8 7/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: plate, center, below borderline: Lettered in center below borderline, in italics: "Published by Ernest Brown & Phillips at The Leicester Galleries"
  • inscription: plate, center, below borderline: Lettered at center of plate, below borderline, in open capitals: "ENNUI"
  • inscription: u.r. corner of sheet, graphite: 20214
  • inscription: bottom edge of sheet, graphite: at left: 10039 BR 156 6/6 ; at right HX
  • watermark: partially visible head of Christ, with '1399' below
  • label: from removed backing board: The Fine Art Society PLC / 148 New Bond Street London W1S 2JT / December 2002 20214 / Walter Richard Sickert RA / 1860-1942 / Ennui, 1914/5, the medium plate / Etching and engraving, printed in grey ink on liad paper, in the sixth (final) state / Reference: Bromberg 156 vi/VI / Exhibited: The Fine Art Society, 2002, Sickert: Pages Torn from the Book of Life (34), New York

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[The Fine Art Society PLC London December 4 2002]; Patricia Cornwell; Harvard Art Museum

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
vi/vi
Standard Reference Number
Br. 156 vi/vi

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Copyright
© Estate of Walter Richard Sickert / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.90.49
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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