Improvisatie (Improvisation)

Edmond van Dooren, artist

1896–1965

Improvisatie (Improvisation), 1920–1921

Where object was made: Belgium

Material/technique: laid paper; linocut

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 175 x 220 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 6 7/8 x 8 11/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 225 x 294 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 8 7/8 x 11 9/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Lucy Shaw Schultz Fund

Accession number: 2009.0001

Not on display

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Exhibition Label:
"Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts," Mar-2010, Steve Goddard
Van Dooren's Improvisation heralds the modern metropolis with its aerial motor-routes and pulsing rhythms. Van Dooren participated in the activities of the leading avant-garde groups in post-war Antwerp: Moderne Kunst (Modern Art), Het Overzicht (The Overview), and Ça Ira! (That'll do!-an idiomatic phrase with the sense of "there is hope"). This is one of eight linocuts by van Dooren that was issued in a portfolio published by Het Overzicht, with an introduction by the radically aligned poet and critic Victor J. Brunclair.