The Jetty, Sennen Cove, 1921-1922
John Edgar Plattexpand_more
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Gift of Marla J. Kinneyexpand_more 2017.126.5
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Today Sennen Cove, at the southwestern tip of England, is popular with surfers. But in the early 1920s it was filled with boats, and the black roundhouse contained a winch for pulling them onto shore. (Today this building contains souvenirs, and the cottage with a thatch roof is a vacation rental.) John Platt used a separate block for each of the seven colors in this exquisite bird’s-eye view. He purposely chose a plank with curved grain to print the rounded green coastline, then further enhanced the curves with the direction of his brushstrokes while inking the printing block.
Details
- Title
- The Jetty, Sennen Cove
- Artist Life
- 1886–1967
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2017.126.5
- Provenance
- Donald Fels, Fall City, Wash., by descent from his mother’s estate, until 2010; (Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Wash., 2010-2017), sold to Kinney; Marla J. Kinney, Minneapolis
- Curator Approved
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