Marsden Hartley
Movement No. 5, Provincetown Houses
fromCHF 49.00
Modern & abstract
The Open Window
Edward Alexander Wadsworth, 1914
A night-time view over a city, rebuilt through a shifting checkerboard pattern. Wadsworth's woodcut turns a window view into a study of colour.
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About this artwork
Wadsworth's colour woodcut looks out over a city at night. He took his starting point from Robert Delaunay's 1911 painting La Ville (The City), and, like Delaunay, he chose a view across the rooftops after dark. Where he went his own way was in making the checkered patterning the real subject. That pattern draws the different motifs in the scene together. Wadsworth was drawn to woodcut because changing the colours could change the meaning of an image entirely. He made six versions of Open Window, each in a different colour combination. The work dates from around 1914 and was made in England.
On your wall: Its geometric pattern and modern spirit suit a study, living room or hallway, especially where a considered, graphic piece can anchor a calm or contemporary scheme.
- Title
- The Open Window
- Artist
- Edward Alexander Wadsworth
- Year
- 1914
- Style
- Modern & abstract
- Shape
- Portrait
Public domain (CC0). Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Text based on Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0).
Canvas and printing
Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
Delivery and returns
Every canvas is printed to order by our partner in Germany: framed canvases arrive in 6–11 working days, unframed ones in 7–12 working days. Delivery is free in Switzerland on orders from CHF 99. We also deliver to the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and many more countries, printed close to you where possible. You can return an undamaged canvas within 14 days. See delivery and returns.
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