The breakwater (circa 1933)

Ian Alec Johnson Cheyne

colour woodcut in the Japanese manner, in light and dark blue and pink

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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Physical Object Description:

Stormy sea with massive wave striking breakwater, three men gathering planks. c.1933 Colour woodcut in the Japanese manner, in light and dark blue and pink. Signed, titled and numbered 2/20.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

32.8 x 27.9 cm

Accession Number:

1941,0208.40

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1941

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1933; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1941

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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