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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.90.57
People
Walter Sickert, British (Munich, Germany 1860 - 1942 Bathampton, Somerset, England)
Title
A Wicked Piece
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1922
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/54723

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
plate: 17.78 x 11.75 cm (7 x 4 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Signed in pencil, lower right: Sickert
  • inscription: l.r., below platemark, graphite, in artist's hand: Sickert
  • inscription: l.r. of sheet, graphite, in artist's hand: "A Wicked Piece", and below: "Sickert"
  • inscription: along left and center bottom edge of sheet, graphite: 7016 B 10113 BR 202 2/3
  • inscription: l.r. corner of sheet, graphite: "2(2)-" and below it: "S.118.09"
  • inscription: u.r. corner of sheet, graphite: 20324
  • label: From removed backing board: The Fine Art Society PLC / 148 New Bond Street London W1S 2JT / December 2002 20324 / Walter Richard Sickert RA / 1860-1942 / A Wicked Piece, circa 1922 / Etching and engraving, one of three impressions known in the second state (of three) / Reference: Bromberg 208 ii/II / Exhibited: The Fine Art Society, 2002, Sickert: Pages Torm from the Book of Life (74), New York

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[The Fine Art Society PLC London December 4 2002]; Patricia Cornwell; Harvard Art Museum

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/III
Standard Reference Number
Br. 208 ii/III

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Copyright
© Estate of Walter Richard Sickert / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.90.57
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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