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Beauty

A work made of woodcut from a carved whitewood marionette figure inked in black and manually pressed on cream japanese tissue.

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  • A work made of woodcut from a carved whitewood marionette figure inked in black and manually pressed on cream japanese tissue.

Date:

1914

Artist:

Edward Gordon Craig
British, 1872-1966

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Edward Gordon Craig

Title

Beauty

Place

United Kingdom (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1914

Medium

Woodcut from a carved whitewood marionette figure inked in black and manually pressed on cream Japanese tissue

Dimensions

Image: 24.2 × 5.6 cm (9 9/16 × 2 1/4 in.); Sheet: 35.2 × 24.4 cm (13 7/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Alice Roullier

Reference Number

1926.466

Extended information about this artwork

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