Harvest Corn
Print
1943 (printed)
1943 (printed)
Artist/Maker |
Leon Underwood (1890-1975) was a painter, sculptor and printmaker. He was an influential teacher with a particular interest in life drawing and the human form. He also travelled widely and was particularly interested in African and South American sculpture and Paleolithic art. His interest in so called 'primitive' art, however, was rooted more in a sense of its popular appeal than its abstract formal qualities. His own work reflects this. The reclining figure here recalls Mexican sculpture, while the white outline used in many of his prints evokes the giant Romano-Celtic chalk figures still to be seen today on several hillsides in southern Britain.
Object details
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Title | Harvest Corn (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Colour lino-cut on paper |
Brief description | 'Harvest Corn' by Leon Underwood, colour linocut on paper, 1943 |
Physical description | Colour linocut on paper depicting a naked woman lying asleep in a landscape, with flowers in her hands, part of her body and hair the same colour as the cornfield behind her. |
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Production type | Limited edition |
Copy number | 3/25 |
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Credit line | Purchased under the terms of the A. M. Shrimpton and William Giles Bequest |
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Summary | Leon Underwood (1890-1975) was a painter, sculptor and printmaker. He was an influential teacher with a particular interest in life drawing and the human form. He also travelled widely and was particularly interested in African and South American sculpture and Paleolithic art. His interest in so called 'primitive' art, however, was rooted more in a sense of its popular appeal than its abstract formal qualities. His own work reflects this. The reclining figure here recalls Mexican sculpture, while the white outline used in many of his prints evokes the giant Romano-Celtic chalk figures still to be seen today on several hillsides in southern Britain. |
Associated object | Circ.2-1943 (Copy) |
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Accession number | E.120-1943 |
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Record created | December 13, 2002 |
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