A Greek Lady, 600 BC (2nd State, 1919)

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A Greek Lady, 600 BC (2nd State, 1919)

William Walcot (1874-1943)

Price

£350

Signed

Signed

Medium

Drypoint and aquatint, with etching and rockerwork

Catalogue Raisonné No

Dimensions

8 x 4 ¾ inches

Literature

Sir Reginald Blomfield (Intro), ArchitecturalWater-Colours and Etchings of W Walcot, London: H C Dickins & Technical Journals, 1919, Page 8;
H C Dickins, manuscript, 'Chronological List of Etchings', 1920-1924, no 6;
Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, William Walcot Catalogue Raisonné, online, no 19

Exhibited

'Etchings by William Walcot', Fine Art Society, London, 1914, as 'A Greek Lady BC400';
'Paintings, Water-Colours & Etchings by William Walcot', James Connell & Sons, London, April 1918, no 22 as 'A Greek Lady';
‘Impressions of Cities by William Walcot’, Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, London, 2008, no 61;
'William Walcot: Artist & Architect', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, October 2018, no 17

Published by H C Dickins in an edition of 17 (1st state, 1913), originally priced at 2 Guineas in an unknown edition (2nd state, 1919), originally priced at 3 Guineas.

Walcot produced two states of Greek Lady, in the first state the figure is smiling and in the second [image here] she is more serious. Walcot was inspired by the female figures in the Acropolis Museum, Athens.

Mounted