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The high swing (circa 1933)

Cyril Power

colour linocut, printed in yellow, orange and blue, on tissue paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print

Physical Object Description:

Two figures on a fairground boat swing. c.1933 Colour linocut, printed in yellow, orange and blue, on tissue paper. Signed, titled and numbered 2/60 in pencil within image.

Technique:

Linocut

Dimensions:

30 x 15.8 cm

Accession Number:

1941,0208.86

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1941

Ownership history:

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

Subject:

Fairgrounds

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