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Waiting at the Hairdresser's: P.136-1961

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Waiting at the Hairdresser's
Translated as: "Waiting at the Hairdresser's" from the series "Fashion Victims"
Fashion Victims

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Matyukh, Vera Fedorovna

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Categories

Description

Two women in an interior; one standing to the left with cropped grey hair and spotted dress and the other seated to the right with arms crossed and red hair. Both are watching something happening out of the frame to the right.

Notes

History note: Selected by Eric Chamberlain and Carl Winter from the Grosvenor Gallery exhibition, _Lithographs by twenty-seven Soviet artists_ (9 May-10 June, 1961).

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1961) by The Perceval Fund

Dating

20th Century
Production date: AD 1960

Note

Artist's Proof (one of ten). Other lithographs from the same series were "Manicure" and "Under the Hairdryer".

School or Style

Russian

Techniques used in production

Lithography : Colour printing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: B матюх 60
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Handwritten in pencil
  • Type: Signature and date

Inscription present: written using cyrillic alphabet

  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Handwritten in pencil
  • Type: Title
  • Text: P.C.C. S.165 plain wood
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Handwritten in pencil
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 66
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Handwritten in pencil
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: 9 / mat
  • Location: Verso
  • Method of creation: Handwritten in pencil
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.136-1961
Primary reference Number: 223215
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 17 July 2018 Updated: Wednesday 23 March 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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