La pacca di maiale (The Half Pig), 1924

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Medium

drypoint on laid paper, laid down on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 24.13 × 17.3 cm (9 1/2 × 6 13/16 in.)

sheet: 24.77 × 18.1 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/8 in.)
mount: 30.48 × 24.77 cm (12 × 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2018.61.1

Artists / Makers

Luigi Bartolini (artist) Italian, 1892 - 1963

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Inscription

upper left on mount in graphite: “La morte del maiale„ ([undeciphered]); below image on mount in graphite: a le “Livre et l'Estampe„ omaggio di Luigi Bartolini 1924 [artist name and date underlined]; upper left verso in graphite by later hand: "LA PACCA Di MAIALE" / EAU Forte 1924; lower right verso in graphite by later hand: 170631 [inside box]

Marks and Labels

embossed lettering on mount: A. BINDA-MILA

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A, Paris); purchased 2018 by NGA.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul