Lithograph on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/james-boswell-787" aria-label="More by James Boswell" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">James Boswell</a>
Leicester Square
Presented by Ruth Boswell, the artist's widow 1977
adults
anonymity
anxiety
architecture
book - non-specific
crime and punishment
crowd
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
England
groups
kiosk
Leicester Square - non-specific
lifestyle and culture
magazine - non-specific
man
objects
people
places
places of entertainment
policeman / woman
pornography
prostitution
public and municipal
public house / bar
reading, writing, printed matter
satire
sex and relationships
shame
signage
social comment
society
townscapes / man-made features
UK countries and regions
UK London
urban environment
woman
work and occupations
<p>Boswell was fascinated by the people of London. His explorations of Camden Town, Kentish Town and the West End of the city resulted in a number of lithographs, including this view of a seedy magazine stand in Leicester Square. Many of these prints were reproduced in the Communist journal, Left Review, of which Boswell became editor in 1934.</p><p>The linearity of this print and the grotesque physiognomy of the characters were inspired by the German caricaturist George Grosz, whose savage humour condemned the rise of German militarism in the 1920s. Like Grosz's work, Boswell's satirical sketches attacked the bourgeoisie.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper print lithograph
6 October 2010 – 25 April 2011
2011-04-25
6 October 2010 – 30 January 2011
2011-01-30
2010-10-06
Millennium Gallery (Sheffield, UK)
http://www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk
19 February 2011 – 25 April 2011
2011-04-25
2011-02-19
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery (Norwich, UK)
http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk
9 May 2011 – 6 November 2011
2011-11-06
2011-05-09
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2010-10-06
GBAD: Restless Times: Modern British Art 1914 - 1945
Loan-out
Leicester Square
image: 213 × 213 mm
Presented by Ruth Boswell, the artist's widow 1977
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<span class="text0">Boswell was fascinated by the people of London. His      explorations of Camden Town, Kentish Town and the West End of </span><span class="text14">the city resulted in a number of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/lithography" title="Glossary definition for 'Lithography'"><span>lithographs</span></a></span><span class="text0">, including this view of a seedy magazine stand in Leicester      Square. Many of these <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a> were reproduced in the Communist journal, </span><span class="text17">Left Review</span><span class="text0">, of which Boswell      became editor in 1934.  </span>
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<span class="text0">The linearity of this print and the </span><span class="text16">grotesque physiognomy of the characters were inspired by the      German <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/caricature" title="Glossary definition for 'Caricature'"><span>caricaturist</span></a> </span><span class="text15">George Grosz, whose savage      humour </span><span class="text0">condemned the rise of German militarism      in the 1920s. Like Grosz's work, Boswell's </span><span class="text14">satirical      sketches attacked the bourgeoisie.</span><span class="text0">
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adults anonymity anxiety architecture book - non-specific crime and punishment crowd emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas England groups kiosk Leicester Square - non-specific lifestyle and culture magazine - non-specific man objects people places places of entertainment policeman / woman pornography prostitution public and municipal public house / bar reading, writing, printed matter satire sex and relationships shame signage social comment society townscapes / man-made features UK countries and regions UK London urban environment woman work and occupations