Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 136140

The Tube Staircase

Artist / 作者: Cyril E. PowerPower, Cyril E.
Date / 年代: 1929
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / vam
Digital record / 画像記録: 1258 × 2000 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Victoria and Albert Museum
Published by / 公開者: 朱雀ハル
Rights / 権利: Commercial license required
Attribution / 表記: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Catalog note / 解説

Cyril Power was one of a group of artists who promoted linocut as a medium for fine art printing during the 1920s and 1930s. He practiced as an architect but took up printmaking in mid-life, and studied linocut printing under Claude Flight. His subject-matter revolves around metropolitan life. This image transforms the staircase of Russell Square Underground station into a dynamic structure. In its expression of movement and energy it suggests the influence of Vorticist artists like Wyndham Lewis and Edward Wadsworth, as well as the Italian Futurists. Materials: Lino-cut, printed in blue, yellow and black on Japanese paper

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