TATTOO STUDY I

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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