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Claude Flight

Policeman Holding Up Traffic

Maker

Claude Flight (English, 1881-1955), designer

Title

Policeman Holding Up Traffic

Year

ca. 1927

Medium

  • color linocut

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • color linocut

Materials

color linocut

Supports

  • Very light weight Oriental tissue paper mounted on heavy weight grey wove paper.

Dimensions

30.6 x 14 cm (12 1/16 x 5 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto: titled in pencil in LC:Policeman hold up traffic; numbered on brown paper tape along bottom of print:M.889CSL; in black ink on brown paper tape along bottom of print:Police holding up the traffic/Claude Flight £2.2.0; in black ink arrows on tissue paper, marking all four corners; signed in pencil in LC:CLAUDE FLIGHT;numbered in LR:16/50

Identification

Edition

16/50

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gif of Mr. and Mrs. Gilman Angier

Object Number

79.038

Type

  • Prints

Publications

  • Books

The Grosvenor School British Linocuts Between the Wars

Alt Authors: Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

Exhibition History

The English Eye
British Painting from the 17th to the 19th Centuries; Contemporary British Art; Old Master British Drawings and Watercolors; British Picture Books for Children; Three Centuries of British Decorative Arts, Textiles, and Costume
Jun 21, 1991 – Sep 01, 1991
The Grosvenor School
British Linocuts Between the Wars
Jan 22, 1988 – Mar 20, 1988

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Claude Flight (English, 1881-1955), designer
Policeman Holding Up Traffic, ca. 1927
color linocut
30.6 x 14 cm (12 1/16 x 5 1/2 inches) (plate)
Gif of Mr. and Mrs. Gilman Angier 79.038

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