id:			153747
accession number:	1987.49
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.49
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:33.075000

The Open Window, c. 1914. Edward Alexander Wadsworth (British, 1889–1949). Color woodcut; The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1987.49

title:				The Open Window
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creation date:			c. 1914
creation date earliest:		1909
creation date latest:		1919
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	England, 20th century
technique:	color woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Colnaghi 102b; Grennwood W/D 5/3

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CREATORS

* Edward Alexander Wadsworth (British, 1889–1949)  - artist

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

	title:		Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
	opening date:   2003-08-17T00:00:00
	<i>Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).

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Open Window was inspired by Robert Delaunay's 1911 painting La Ville (The City). Like Delaunay, Wadsworth rendered a view over a city at night, but made the checkered patterning-which unites an array of motifs in the painted scene-the theme of his work. Wadsworth liked the possibilities woodcut gave him to explore complete changes of meaning through different color permutations. There are six versions of Open Window with various color combinations.
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web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.49/1987.49_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.49/1987.49_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.49/1987.49_full.tif