The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 7, 2024

(From) A Paris Window

(From) A Paris Window

1922
(British, 1889–1946)
Sheet: 31.2 x 22.6 cm (12 5/16 x 8 7/8 in.); Platemark: 20 x 14.9 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Catalogue raisonné: Black 96
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This print was published by the Leicester Galleries, who frequently exhibited Christopher Nevinson's work.

Description

This print, which offers a view from an interior space through a distinctively Parisian window and terrace, relates to a painting created by Christopher Nevinson in the previous year. Both date from a period during which the artist became interested in depicting the alienation of urban life. Here, the viewer is placed within a shadowy apartment to suggest isolation. A view through the window reveals a woman in an adjacent apartment combing her hair while unaware that she is being watched, emphasizing the separation of lives otherwise lived closely.
  • ?-1966
    Mrs. Malcolm McBride, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    1966-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).
  • {{cite web|title=(From) A Paris Window|url=false|author=Christopher Nevinson, Leicester Galleries|year=1922|access-date=07 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1966.76