Returning to the Trenches

Object detail

Media/Materials

Drypoint

Measurements

plate, 6 x 8in (15.2 x 20.3cm)

Credit line

Gift of the Friends of the McNay

Accession number

1983.32

Object type

Prints

Department

Prints and Drawings

Location

Not on view

Further information

Cubism's emphasis on movement through space and time greatly influenced Nevinson's marvelous Returning to the Trenches. The repeated, rhythmic lines marching off to the right of the composition make the print an almost abstract essay in movement. Nevinson is usually referred to as a Cubo-futurist, an artist who combined Cubism with elements taken from Italian Futurism, a cultural and artistic movement that championed new technologies, speed, and industrialism.

Subject period

Modernist

Maker

C. R. W. Nevinson (British, b.1889, d.1946)

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