Salomé au loup (Salome with the wolf)

Marie Laurencin

1907

  • Titles Salomé au loup (Salome with the wolf) (Proper)
  • Artist Marie Laurencin, France, 1883 - 1956
  • Medium etching and drypoint
  • Dimensions sheet: 12 1/16 × 9 15/16 in. (30.6 × 25.2 cm) plate: 7 7/16 × 5 1/2 in. (18.9 × 14 cm) image: 7 1/8 × 5 1/2 in. (18.1 × 14 cm) mat: 19 3/4 × 16 in. (50.2 × 40.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. William C. Hulsey, AFI.3.2006
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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