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The War God

Maker

Jean de Bosschère (J.P.Aubertin) (artist)
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

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

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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.

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