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Windstorm
Windstorm

Windstorm

Artist (London, England, 1903 - 1942)
Date1926
Mediumwood engraving on paper
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsImage Size: Height: 16.4 cm, Width: 17.7 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1951 by Rex Nan Kivell.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG006781
About Me'Windstorm' may have been based on a rural location near Baintree, Essex. This engraving is an outstanding example of Ravilious' woodcut technique, with it's surety of cutting on the block and broken dashes and dots suggesting the splintering force of the elements. It shows how inspired Ravilious' wood cuts could be, when unfettered by the constraints of text in his illustration work.