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Building Aircraft: Making the Engine
Christopher R. W. Nevinson1917
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The British government commissioned Christopher Nevinson to create this print, part of a series of six, during World War I. By depicting the manufacture and use of airplanes in England, Nevinson represented the motivations and goals of war to a broad public. This image emphasizes the intense focus and strength required to build an engine. Diagonals and geometric shapes throughout suggest the efficiency and velocity of modern manufacturing.
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- Title: Building Aircraft: Making the Engine
- Creator: Christopher Nevinson (British, 1889-1946)
- Date Created: 1917
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 40 x 30.1 cm (15 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.); Sheet: 50.8 x 38.3 cm (20 x 15 1/16 in.)
- Provenance: Catherine Burns Fine Art, Berkeley, CA, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.298
- Medium: lithograph on wove paper
- Series: The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals
- Inscriptions: In graphite at lower right below image: “C.R.W. Nevinson / 1917.”, In graphite at lower left below image: “22.”, In graphite at lower left on recto: “14 [?]”, Stamped in brown (possibly formerly black) at lower right on recto: “Made in England”, Watermark: on verso at lower left and upper left: “HOLBEIN”
- Fun Fact: This print belongs to a series commissioned by England’s Bureau of Information during World War I.
- Department: Prints
- Culture: England, 20th century
- Credit Line: Anne Elizabeth Wilson Memorial Fund
- Collection: PR - Lithograph
- Accession Number: 2018.298
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