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Stormy seas (1930)

Arthur Rigden Read

colour woodcut on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Stormy seas (1930)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print

Physical Object Description:

Seagulls flying over breaking waves. c.1930 Colour woodcut in the Japanese manner, predominantly in grey, green, blue and beige. Signed, titled and numbered 5/50.

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

27.6 x 37.6 cm

Accession Number:

1932,0514.44

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1932

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1929; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1933

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Sea

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Artist Bio

Arthur Rigden Read
Stormy seas (1930)

Artworks by Arthur Rigden Read

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