Ennui (large plate) & Ennui (medium plate)
Walter Richard Sickert, 1) c. 1914–1915; 2) 1915
The two etchings depict a middle-aged man in a stuffy bourgeois interior, smoking a cigar, seated at a round table and facing to the right. A woman stands behind him, her elbows leaning on a chest of drawers. The couple exude boredom. In the large plate, Sickert used a wiped film of ink that gives it a painterly quality. In the medium plate, the belt of the woman is missing and the man's face shows more stubble.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Ennui (large plate) & Ennui (medium plate), 1) c. 1914–1915; 2) 1915
Date supported
2004
Medium and material
1) etching & engraving on paper; 2) etching on paper
Dimensions
1) 45.2 x 32.5 cm; 2) 22.7 x 17.6 cm
Grant
4625
Total cost
26500
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