Ennui | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2009.90.69
People: Walter Sickert, British (Munich, Germany 1860 - 1942 Bathampton, Somerset, England)
Title: Ennui
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1914
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/18713

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching and engraving on modern laid paper

Technique

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

plate: 44.4 x 32.5 cm (17 1/2 x 12 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: On plate, l.r., below borderline
inscription: plate, in artist's hand: Lettered in center below borderline in open capitals ENNUI.
inscription: plate, in artist's hand: Etched in plate at lower right in cursive: Sickert
inscription: sheet, l.l., graphite: Paul Robinson Esq
inscription: sheet, l.r., graphite: Ennui (large plate) 3rd state
watermark: right edge of sheet, outside platemark: "Hand Made". Partial watermark of F.J. Head & Company

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Cale Wiltshire July 12 2005]; Patricia Cornwell; Harvard Art Museum

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State: iii/vi
Standard Reference Number: Br. 155

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Accession Year: 2009
Object Number: 2009.90.69
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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