The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 17, 2025
The Open Window
c. 1914
(British, 1889–1949)
John L. Severance Fund 1987.49
Catalogue raisonné: Colnaghi 102b; Grennwood W/D 5/3
Location: Not on view
Description
Open Window was inspired by Robert Delaunay's 1911 painting La Ville (The City). Like Delaunay, Wadsworth rendered a view over a city at night, but made the checkered patterning-which unites an array of motifs in the painted scene-the theme of his work. Wadsworth liked the possibilities woodcut gave him to explore complete changes of meaning through different color permutations. There are six versions of Open Window with various color combinations.- Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1987.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 2 (February 1988): 30–71. Mentioned: p. 70, no. 172; Reproduced: p. 60 www.jstor.org
- Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1987.49