The Tube Staircase
Print
1929 (printed)
1929 (printed)
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Cyril Power was one of a group of artists who promoted linocut as a medium for fine art printing during the 1920s and 1930s. He practiced as an architect but took up printmaking in mid-life, and studied linocut printing under Claude Flight. His subject-matter revolves around metropolitan life. This image transforms the staircase of Russell Square Underground station into a dynamic structure. In its expression of movement and energy it suggests the influence of Vorticist artists like Wyndham Lewis and Edward Wadsworth, as well as the Italian Futurists.
Object details
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| Title | The Tube Staircase (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lino-cut, printed in blue, yellow and black on Japanese paper |
| Brief description | 'The Tube Staircase' by Cyril Power. Colour linocut. 1929 |
| Physical description | Colour lino-cut on laid Japanese paper |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 22/50 |
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| Production | The image is of the staircase at Russell Square Underground Station in London |
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| Summary | Cyril Power was one of a group of artists who promoted linocut as a medium for fine art printing during the 1920s and 1930s. He practiced as an architect but took up printmaking in mid-life, and studied linocut printing under Claude Flight. His subject-matter revolves around metropolitan life. This image transforms the staircase of Russell Square Underground station into a dynamic structure. In its expression of movement and energy it suggests the influence of Vorticist artists like Wyndham Lewis and Edward Wadsworth, as well as the Italian Futurists. |
| Bibliographic reference | Timmers, Margaret (ed), Impressions of the Twentieth Century: Fine Art Prints from the V&A's Collection, London, V&A Publications, 2001
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.76-1981 |
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| Record created | December 12, 2002 |
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