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Elegies by Sappho

Date:

1921

Artist:

Renée Sintenis (German, 1888-1965) and Emil Rudolf Weiss (German, 1875-1942)
published by Marées Gesellschaft (German, 20th century)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Renée Sintenis

Title

Elegies by Sappho

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1921

Medium

Book with twelve engravings in black on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

27 × 21 × 2 cm (10 11/16 × 8 5/16 × 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Reference Number

2014.539

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