A black and white print of tightly grouped abstract forms.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white print shows a tightly grouped central figure of flowing abstract forms. The white forms on a black background are long and curving and flow across the picture plane. The forms are intertwined in the center and broken by short black lines. Across the top and along the right side are elongated ovals of white placed at different angles.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2010.450
People
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, French (St. Jean de Braye, France 1891 - 1915 Neuville-Saint-Vaast, France)
Title
The Wrestlers
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1914
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/336552

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Linocut in black ink on cream wove paper
Technique
Linocut
Dimensions
sheet: 27.9 x 38.1 cm (11 x 15 in.)
image: 22.5 x 27.9 cm (8 7/8 x 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l in pen: Brodzky imp 22/50
  • inscription: on back in pencil: Gaudier-Brzeska The lino block is in the VTA museum printed by H Brodzky

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Paul and Ruth Nathan bequethed to Harvard Art Museum

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
22/50

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Ruth and Paul Nathan
Accession Year
2010
Object Number
2010.450
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The original lino block is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1300 Early Modernism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/14/2015 - 04/13/2016

Verification Level

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