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Modern Times: British Prints, 1913–1939

Explore rare and important British modernist works on paper recently acquired by The Met from the collection of Leslie and Johanna Garfield.

Explore rare and important British modernist works on paper recently acquired by The Met from the collection of Leslie and Johanna Garfield. These powerful works capture the optimism and anxiety of the turbulent and dynamic decades of early-twentieth-century Britain, when graphic artists sought to portray the vibrancy and innovation of contemporary life, as well as the destruction and trauma of modern warfare and industrial production.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Modern Times: British Prints, 1913–1939.


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Speed, Claude Flight  British, Color linocut on Japanese paper
Claude Flight
ca. 1922
Bringing in the Boat, Sybil Andrews  Canadian, born England, Color linocut on Japanese paper
Sybil Andrews
1933
Liverpool Shipping, Edward Alexander Wadsworth  British, Woodcut on Japanese paper
Edward Alexander Wadsworth
1918
Column on the March, Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson  British, Drypoint
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson
1916
Lord's, Oval, Andrew Power [Sybil Andrews, 1898–1992 and Cyril Power, 1872–1951]  British, Lithograph
Multiple artists/makers
1934
To Hire  A  Bus or Coach, Andrew Power [Sybil Andrews, 1898–1992 and Cyril Power, 1872–1951]  British, Lithograph
Multiple artists/makers
1934
Rush Hour, Sybil Andrews  Canadian, born England, Color linocut on Japanese paper
Sybil Andrews
1930
Speedway, Sybil Andrews  Canadian, born England, Color linocut on Japanese paper
Sybil Andrews
1934
Straphangers, Sybil Andrews  Canadian, born England, Color linocut on Japanese paper
Sybil Andrews
1929
Tillers of the Soil, Sybil Andrews  Canadian, born England, Color linocut on Japanese paper
Sybil Andrews
1934
Studies for "Steeplechasing" and "Whence & Whither?", Sybil Andrews  Canadian, born England, Ink and pastel on tracing paper
Sybil Andrews
Cyril E. Power
ca. 1930
The Art and Craft of Lino Cutting and Printing by Claude Flight, Claude Flight  British, Illustrated bound book
Multiple artists/makers
1934
'Appy  'Ampstead, Cyril E. Power  British, Color linocut on Japanese paper
Cyril E. Power
ca. 1933
The Eight, Cyril E. Power  British, Color linocut on Japanese paper
Cyril E. Power
1930
Street Decoration, Lill Tschudi  Swiss, Color linocut on Japanese paper
Lill Tschudi
1937
Black Country, Edward Alexander Wadsworth  British, Woodcut on coated orange paper
Edward Alexander Wadsworth
1919
Street Singers, Edward Alexander Wadsworth  British, Woodcut
Edward Alexander Wadsworth
ca. 1914
Whence & Whither?, Cyril E. Power  British, Linocut on Japanese paper
Cyril E. Power
ca. 1930
Underground, Lill Tschudi  Swiss, Linocut on Japanese paper
Lill Tschudi
1930
Lifts (Proof in Green), Cyril E. Power  British, Linocut
Cyril E. Power
ca. 1930
Lifts (Proof in Red), Cyril E. Power  British, Linocut
Cyril E. Power
ca. 1930
The Tube Station (Unique Experimental Proof), Cyril E. Power  British, Linocut on Japanese paper
Cyril E. Power
ca. 1932
Fixing the Wires, Lill Tschudi  Swiss, Linocut on Japanese paper
Lill Tschudi
1932
London Buses, Lill Tschudi  Swiss, Linocut on Japanese paper
Lill Tschudi
1949
Newcastle, Edward Alexander Wadsworth  British, Woodcut on colored paper
Edward Alexander Wadsworth
1913
Yorkshire Village, Edward Alexander Wadsworth  British, Woodcut
Edward Alexander Wadsworth
1914
Tools accompanying The Art and Craft of Lino Cutting and Printing by Claude Flight, Claude Flight  British, Tools and printed paper
Claude Flight
1934