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Medusa's Trap (Le Piège de Méduse)

Date:

1921

Artist:

Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963)
written by Érik Satie (French, 1866-1925)
published by Editions de la Galerie Simon (French, 20th century) and Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (French, 1884-1979)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Georges Braque

Title

Medusa's Trap (Le Piège de Méduse)

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1921

Medium

Book with three color woodcuts on cream laid paper

Dimensions

32.5 × 23.3 × 0.8 cm (12 13/16 × 9 3/16 × 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg in memory of Bessie Kisloff Braude, Esq.

Reference Number

2014.395

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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