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Print, Bradford: View of a Town
This is a Print.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from The Museum of Modern Art as part of Underground Modernist: E. McKnight Kauffer.
After declaring himself a vorticist, Edward Wadsworth began making precisely carved woodcuts translating urban and industrial forms into complex geometric abstractions. Kauffer was fascinated by Wadsworth’s prints, and the two developed a friendship while occasionally exhibiting alongside each other. Kauffer adopted elements from Wadsworth’s art into his own practice.
Vorticism
Vorticism was a British movement in art and literature that was founded in 1914. Vorticism’s angular style was strongly influenced by images of machinery in motion and other representations of early 20th-century industrial technology.
It is credited The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Jeanne C. Thayer Fund, 1977.
- Print, Sunflowers in a Vase
- woodblock print and black ink on paper.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-1182
Its dimensions are
H x W (sheet): 29.7 × 23 cm (11 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.) H x W (mat): 56.9 × 40.6 cm (22 3/8 in. × 16 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Underground Modernist: E. McKnight Kauffer.