Woodcut on paper
Tate Collection
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a Town
Purchased 1970
abstraction
architecture
from recognisable sources
geometric
landscape
non-representational
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
<p>Wadsworth’s abstract view of an industrial town is made of interlocking roofs and chimney stacks. It has been identified with Bradford. The urban scene is presented as geometric and streamlined, without any trace of people. The work exists in several colour variations, including grey and black (as here), deep purple and green, and lilac and black. This is an approach Wadsworth took with many of his prints. For instance, <span>The Open Window</span> c.1915 (displayed nearby) was produced in six different versions with colours ranging from grey to scarlet – from austere restraint to fierce exuberance.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2020</em></p>
paper print woodcut
30 March 2005 – 20 March 2006
2006-03-20
30 March 2005 – 19 March 2006
2006-03-19
2005-03-30
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-03-30
Edward Wadsworth
Collection based display
1 September 2013 – 31 January 2014
2014-01-31
1 September 2013 – 31 January 2014
2014-01-31
2013-09-01
Cooper Gallery (Barnsley, UK)
http://www.barnsley.gov.uk/tourism/coopergallery/index.asp
2013-09-01
Edward Wadsworth
Loan-out
26 March 2015 – 27 May 2020
2020-05-27
26 March 2015 – 21 June 2015
2015-06-21
2015-03-26
Museo Nacional de Arte (Mexico City, Mexico)
18 July 2015 – 18 October 2015
2015-10-18
2015-07-18
Pinacoteca do Estado (São Paulo, Brazil)
2015-03-26
British Landscape
Tate partnerships & programmes
1 October 2020 – 25 September 2022
2022-09-25
1 October 2020 – 28 November 2021
2021-11-28
2020-10-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-10-01
Vorticism
Collection based display
View of a Town
image: 175 × 127 mm
Purchased 1970
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<p>Wadsworth’s abstract view of an industrial town is made of interlocking roofs and chimney stacks. It has been identified with Bradford. The urban scene is presented as geometric and streamlined, without any trace of people. The work exists in several colour variations, including grey and black (as here), deep purple and green, and lilac and black. This is an approach Wadsworth took with many of his prints. For instance, <i>The Open Window</i> c.1915 (displayed nearby) was produced in six different versions with colours ranging from grey to scarlet – from austere restraint to fierce exuberance.  </p>
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2020-10-22T00:00:00
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<p><b>P07118</b>	[from] THREE WOODCUTS <i>circa</i> 1915–18 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/wadsworth-view-of-a-town-p07118" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07118</span></a>-<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/wadsworth-the-open-window-p07120" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07120</span></a>]
<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Purchased from the d'Offay Couper Gallery (Gytha Trust) 1970.
<br/>(i) View of a Town <i>circa</i> 1918.
<br/>Printed in two colours.</p>
<p>Image 6×4⅛ (15×10.5) on paper 12½×10 (31.5×25.5).
<br/><i>Coll:</i> The artist's daughter, Mrs von Bethmann Hollweg, London; d'Offay Couper Gallery, London.</p>
<p><i>Exh:</i> <i>Abstract Art in England 1913–1915</i>, d'Offay Couper Gallery, November–December 1969 (37–39, repr.).
<br/><i>Repr:</i>
(iii) is also reproduced in <i>Studio International</i>, CLXXVIII, 1969, p. 221.
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<br/>The titles used here and in the d'Offay Couper exhibition were taken from an unpublished thesis on <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/v/vorticism" title="Glossary definition for 'Vorticism'"><span>Vorticism</span></a> by William Lipke. The two most <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/abstract-art" title="Glossary definition for 'Abstract art'"><span>abstract</span></a> works (ii) and (iii) are dated c. 1915 because of some resemblance to Wadsworth's works reproduced in <i>Blast</i>, No. 2, published in July 1915; the other, more spatial design seems to reflect his experiences during the latter part of the war as a camouflage artist.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1968-70</i>, London 1970</p>
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-11T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
abstraction architecture from recognisable sources geometric landscape non-representational townscape townscapes / man-made features