Litany, 1934

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Medium

engraving in black on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 13.1 × 9.9 cm (5 3/16 × 3 7/8 in.)

sheet: 27.4 × 21.4 cm (10 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift from Clare Calder and her sister Rachel Austin

Catalogue Raisonné

Fine Art Society 2001, no. 105

Accession Number

2012.5.12

Artists / Makers

Robert Austin (artist) British, 1895 - 1973

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Inscription

lower center in plate: RSA; lower left in plate: 3rd state 4 proofs 16 June; lower right in graphite: Robert Austin 1934; lower center margin in graphite: Floor bricks & mat outline / put in. New work on curtain / at back in shadow added. / New work on shirt. Black / patch on shawl filled in / stipple added on curtain at L. / rush seat of chair worked up

Provenance

Rachel Austin and Clare Calder (the artist's daughters); acquired 2012 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Calder, Clare

Bibliography

2001: Drawings and Prints by Robert Sargent Austin, with a Complete Catalog of His Prints. London: Fine Art Society, 2001, no. 105.