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Jankel Adler

Sketchbook 1

[c.1927–44]

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Created by
Jankel Adler 1895–1949
Date
[c.1927–44]
Dimensions
536 × 420 mm
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Created by
Jankel Adler 1895–1949
Title
Sketchbook 1
Date
[c.1927–44]
Dimensions
536 × 420 mm
Description
Graphite, charcoal, chalk, ink and watercolour on paper, 536 × 420 mm

Contains studies of female and male figures, including nudes, still-lifes, portraits, rural farm scenes, abstract compositions and cats. Inscribed on page 1 by Adler '5/III 1939'. Several leaves bear the studio stamp 'Jankel Adler C.A.' (for Charles Aukin, Adler's executor). The numbered sequence (in pencil) 81-141 has been added later, in another hand.
Format
Bound volume - sketchbook
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Liane Aukin and David Aukin, November 2012.
Reference
TGA 201218/1
Cubism

Archive context

  • Sketchbooks of Jankel Adler TGA 201218 (16)
    • Sketchbook 1 TGA 201218/1
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