Speed
Linocut
ca. 1922 (printed)
ca. 1922 (printed)
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This image of an open-top red London omnibus hurtling along Regent Street was used by Claude Flight as the frontispiece to his first linocut textbook, Lino-cuts: A Hand-book of Linoleum-cut Colour Printing (1927). The rise of colour linocuts in the 1920s and 1930s stemmed from the influential work of Claude Flight, a tutor at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art, London, and an energetic champion of the linocut medium through exhibitions and his own writings. Flight appreciated the expressive qualities of linocut, and its potential to capture the forms and spirit of the modern age - including metropolitan life and pursuits.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Speed (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour linocut on oriental laid tissue paper |
| Brief description | 'Speed' by Claude Flight. Colour linocut on paper. c.1922 |
| Physical description | Print depicting a red London omnibus driving down Regent Street. |
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| Gallery label | Flight was an inspirational teacher at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in London. He championed printing with few colours from separate blocks, without the traditional keyblock cut with dark outlines to organise colour elements. Nevertheless, he adopted the keyblock here, exploiting the soft malleability of lino to cut fluid lines that express the speed and movement of modern city life.(August 2019) |
| Credit line | Presented by F. Hoyland Mayor Esq. |
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| Summary | This image of an open-top red London omnibus hurtling along Regent Street was used by Claude Flight as the frontispiece to his first linocut textbook, Lino-cuts: A Hand-book of Linoleum-cut Colour Printing (1927). The rise of colour linocuts in the 1920s and 1930s stemmed from the influential work of Claude Flight, a tutor at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art, London, and an energetic champion of the linocut medium through exhibitions and his own writings. Flight appreciated the expressive qualities of linocut, and its potential to capture the forms and spirit of the modern age - including metropolitan life and pursuits. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.3543-1923 |
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| Record created | March 13, 2003 |
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