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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson — New York from the Woolworth Tower
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson

New York from the Woolworth Tower

1920

A dynamic urban landscape depicting New York City's skyline as viewed from the iconic Woolworth Tower in 1920. The composition captures the geometric forms and vertical thrust of the modernist cityscape through Nevinson's distinctive Vorticist style.

Medium
oil on canvas laid on board

🔨 Auction Lot

Modern & Post War British Art Day Sale

June 23, 2021

Estimate: $60,000$80,000

Lot 272

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Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, New York from the Woolworth Tower, 1920

A dynamic urban landscape depicting New York City's skyline as viewed from the iconic Woolworth Tower in 1920. The composition captures the geometric forms and vertical thrust of the modernist cityscape through Nevinson's distinctive Vorticist style.

Medium
oil on canvas laid on board
Year
1920
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

New York, Vorticism, Cityscape, 1920s, Modernism, Urban Landscape, Architecture, Oil on Canvas