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1932 · Linoleum cut
composition: 7 7/8 x 14 3/4" (20 x 37.5 cm); sheet: 10 1/16 x 17 1/8" (25.6 x 43.5 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Cyril Edward Power
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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1983
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Prints: Acquisitions 1977�1981
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1981–1982
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Cyril Edward Power was a British printmaker whose reduction linocuts and lithographs captured urban dynamism and industrial landscapes with bold color and technical precision. Working primarily between the wars, he developed a distinctive approach to color woodblock printing that distinguished him within early twentieth-century British printmaking. His compositions conveyed the energy of modern cities through densely layered forms and vibrant palettes applied to carved linoleum surfaces.
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New York, US
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