The Magi (Christmas Card from Margaret and Geoffrey Keynes)

1926/1928

Stephen Gooden

Associated Names
Stephen Gooden

Artist, British, 1892 - 1955

The image shows an etching depicting a rustic and pastoral scene with various figures and structures spread throughout. The horizon line is set high, showcasing distant mountains under a textured cloudy sky. On the left, a figure sits near a thatched-roof building, observing a smoking fire. A person with a bucket walks towards the smoke in the middle, while mounted figures head towards a church on the right. Detailed linework gives texture to surfaces like roof thatching and tree foliage. The monochromatic color palette emphasizes the intricacy of the linework.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in brown on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 60 x 13.3 cm (23 5/8 x 5 1/4 in.)
    sheet (folded): 90 x 17 cm (35 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.335

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dodgson 1941, no. 7, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1941

  • Dodgson, Campbell. "Catalogue of Engravings of Stephen Gooden: 1923-June 1941." Print Collector's Quarterly 28 (1941): 292-321, 478-495.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: STEPHEN.GOODEN.1928; by Geoffrey Keynes on front of card, across top in brown ink: For Mrs. + Mrs. Lessing Rosenwald / With Kindest regards.

Wikidata ID

Q65577946

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