Lasar Segall (Brazilian, born Russia, 1891–1957)

Couple in the Mangue (Casal no Mangue) (plate 1, folio 9) from the illustrated book Mangue

Date:

1941 (published 1943)

Medium:

Woodcut from a portfolio with three woodcuts, one lithograph with hand additions and forty-two line block reproductions

Dimensions:

composition: 6 x 3 1/4" (15.2 x 8.3cm); sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 3/4" (34.6 x 24.8 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

Revista Acadêmico Editora, Rio de Janeiro

Printer:

Emprêza Gráfica Leuzinger S.A., Rio de Janeiro

Edition:

135 (100 numbered 1-100; 35 H.C. marked "F.C.")

Credit Line:

Purchase

MoMA Number:

607.1949.1

Themes:

City Life, Sex

Techniques:

Woodcut