The War God
Maker
Jean de Bosschère (J.P.Aubertin) (artist)
1878-1953
1878-1953
Title
The War God
Date of Production
1900 - 1999
Medium
pen and black ink, watercolour, bodycolour, gold paint, on wove paper, with black ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 37.8 cm
Width: 53.1 cm
Width: 53.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1938.XX.181
Mode of Acquisition
Norman Wilkinson, gift, 1938
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Norman Wilkinson, London (1878-1971); Wilkinson Gift 1938
Exhibition History
Leicester Galleries, 1978 (December)
Inscriptions
Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite: “19 ¼ x 13 ¼ usual but with tone like this”. Verso (backing sheet? Now cut down and in file): centre, graphite: “181.38"; "Jean de Bosschère"; "exhd Leicester Galleries Dec 1978 No 48 'The War God' / owner Norman Wilkinson”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite: “19 ¼ x 13 ¼ usual but with tone like this”. Verso (backing sheet? Now cut down and in file): centre, graphite: “181.38"; "Jean de Bosschère"; "exhd Leicester Galleries Dec 1978 No 48 'The War God' / owner Norman Wilkinson”.
Collector's mark: none.
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