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© The Yevonde Portrait Archive
TATTOO STUDY I 1938
Madame Yevonde (1893 – 1975)
Details
- Dimension
- 50.7 X 40.6 CM
- Media
- PERMAPRINT DYE-TRANSFER PRINT FROM ORIGINAL NEG
- Accession number
- P7021
Summary
An interest in tattooing underwent a revival in Europe during the early 20th century, especially amongst the upper classes, following the publication of the first anthropological studies on the subject, such W D Hamby The History of Tattooingpublished in 1925.
Madame Yevonde Be Original or Die, The British Council 1998