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Claude Flight

Swing-Boats

Description

Maker

Claude Flight (English, 1881-1955)

Title

Swing-Boats

Year

1921

Medium

  • Color linocut on thin tracing paper mounted on black/brown paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Color linocut on thin tracing paper mounted on black/brown paper

Materials

color linocut

Supports

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

Dimensions

21.5 x 28.4 cm (8 1/2 x 11 3/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto: signed and numbered in LL:CLAUDE/FLIGHT/15/50 USA;titled, inscribed and signed in LR:Swingboats £3-3-0 Claude Flight; Arrows drawn, painting to LL and LR corners of image.

Identification

Edition

15/50

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

79.027

Type

  • Prints

Projects & Publications

Publications

Pub_ID 1591 The Grosvenor School British Linocuts Between the Wars v_01.jpg
  • 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.

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Exhibition History

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)
Swing-Boats, 1921
Color linocut on thin tracing paper mounted on black/brown paper
21.5 x 28.4 cm (8 1/2 x 11 3/16 inches) (plate)
Mary B. Jackson Fund 79.027

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