Look first
The Open Window
Edward Alexander Wadsworth · c. 1914
A city view breaks apart into checks, shards, and angular color.
What to notice
Look for the checkered fragments crossing the composition; they unify windows, streets, and night into one patterned surface.
Discover
Wadsworth translated a city-at-night motif into a Vorticist woodcut. The scene is still urban, but geometry and rhythm matter more than literal description.
Source institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Rights status: CC0 / Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
Rights status: CC0 / Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access
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