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Wrestlers
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, born 1891 - died 1915 - Enlarge image
Wrestlers
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, UK (or France, printed)
- Date:
ca 1914 (printed)
- Artist/Maker:
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, born 1891 - died 1915 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Linocut
- Credit Line:
Given by Horace Brodzky
- Museum number:
E.3210-1934
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case EDUC, shelf 9, box C
This is the only linocut produced by the sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. He was among the first to experiment with linoleum in place of wood as a relief printing technique. The medium was subsequently taken up for subjects that conveyed the vitality of the modern world. Gaudier-Brzeska was part of the Vorticist Movement, a British art movement which aimed to revitalise British art and reject the aesthetics of the Victorian age. He was one of the earliest abstract sculptors and his work also shows the influence of non-Western art.
