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Painting. Design for a marine screw propeller / by Edward Wadsworth, n.d. [c1930]. Oil (tempera) on paper; image [sight] 60x57.5cm, mounted to tone in frame 86x82x3cm. Signed E WADSWORTH lower r. Exploring abstract qualities of the curves and blades of a marine screw propeller; possibly a study for part of a larger work, perhaps a painting for a liner. Image used for a London Underground poster in 1936. Marine screw propeller of the 'Napoleon' 1843.
Details
- Category:
- Art
- Object Number:
- 1986-511
- Materials:
- oil, tempera, on paper
- Measurements:
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overall: 850 mm x 820 mm x 30 mm,
frame: 860 mm x 820 mm x 30 mm,
image [sight]: 600 mm x 575 mm
- type:
- oil painting
- credit:
- British Transport Commission
