Artwork
Untitled
Untitled is an ink print by C. R. W. Nevinson. It dates from 1927 and is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
About this work
Overview
Created in 1927, this untitled etching by the English artist C. R. W. Nevinson presents a portrait of a woman. She is shown from the shoulders up, wearing a dark hat and a scarf that drapes over her neck and shoulders against a background of muted, contrasting tones.
Subject & Meaning
The image focuses on the woman's face, rendered with a restrained, linear approach. Her straight‑lined eyebrows, nose and direct gaze convey a sense of quiet composure, while the closed mouth and folded scarf add subtle texture and hint at an understated interiority.
Technique & Style
Executed as an etching, the work employs fine line work characteristic of Nevinson’s printmaking practice. The simplicity of the drawing, with its emphasis on geometric forms and limited tonal variation, reflects the artist’s ongoing interest in modern, mechanistic aesthetics that he explored after his contact with Futurist ideas.
History & Provenance
Nevinson, a former Slade School student, produced this piece during a period when he continued to create etchings alongside his paintings. The work belongs to a phase of his career marked by an engagement with industrial and mechanical themes, although this particular image turns to a more intimate, figurative subject.
Artist & collection
Artist
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (13 August 1889 – 7 October 1946) was an English figure and landscape painter, etcher and lithographer, who was one of the most famous war artists of the First World War.
