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Illustration (Typhoon)

Illustration (Typhoon)

1914–1915
(British, 1889–1949)
Sheet: 31.3 x 27.7 cm (12 5/16 x 10 7/8 in.); Image: 29 x 25.4 cm (11 7/16 x 10 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Colnaghi 115; Grennwood W/D 18; Adelphi 31; Bradford 21
Location: not on view

Description

From 1913 to 1919, Wadsworth was an exponent of Vorticism, an avant-garde movement in England that, like a vortex or whirling force, drew all the most positive innovative elements of the time into an energetic synthesis. This group of artists, which also included Windham Lewis, David Bomberg, and Christopher Nevinson, developed geometric styles that merged the spatial analysis of Cubism with the preoccupation with dynamic urban motifs and industrial landscapes celebrated by the Italian Futurists. The description of a ship's engine room in Joseph Conrad's novel Typhoon was the motivation for Illustration. The topic was a natural choice for Wadsworth, who was interested in both machinery and the sea.
  • Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006. no. 59, p. 118, color repr. p. 60
  • The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
    Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
    The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).
  • {{cite web|title=Illustration (Typhoon)|url=false|author=Edward Alexander Wadsworth|year=1914–1915|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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