M26267: Sensitivity Etching (Three Standing Figures, the Left Apparently a Clothed Frog, the Right a Woman Kissing the Center Figure, Perhaps a Startled Prince Who Has Just Recovered His Human Form)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M26267

People

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita, Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1868 - 1944 Auschwitz, Poland)

Title

Sensitivity Etching (Three Standing Figures, the Left Apparently a Clothed Frog, the Right a Woman Kissing the Center Figure, Perhaps a Startled Prince Who Has Just Recovered His Human Form)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1924

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/54002

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 24.9 x 17 cm (9 13/16 x 6 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Jesserum de Mesquita
• inscription: yes, lower margin to right, graphite, hand written, signed, in artist's hand: date, signature: 1924 SJesserum de Mesquita

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Roger E. Stoddard, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, January 13, 2005.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Roger E. Stoddard in honor of Marjorie B. Cohn

Accession Year

2005

Object Number

M26267

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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