Vorticist Composition Yellow and Green (formerly 'Gulliver in Liliput')

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A faceless giant flexes its arms and curls its hands into fists as three tiny pink figures appear to jump, leap and dive down the entire length of its body. A colourful form resembling a sinister-looking mask lurks in the lower left corner.

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

London

Title

Vorticist Composition Yellow and Green (formerly 'Gulliver in Liliput')

Date

c.1915

Medium

graphite, brown ink & bodycolour on wove paper, with pinholes at all four corners, laid down on cardboard

Measurements

H 30.8 x W 36.8 cm

Accession number

D.2016.XX.17

Acquisition method

Brigid Peppin gift, 2016

Work type

Drawing

Signature/marks description

recto: inscribed by the artist H.S. (lower right corner, grey ink); cardboard support, recto: inscribed TOP. (right centre, blue ballpoint, underlined) and inscribed 734. (left centre, blue ballpoint)

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