An Alphabet: B is for Beggar
1897
- Medium
- color lithograph
- Dimensions
- 30.7 × 24 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-214301
Nicholson, like so many European and American artists at the time, was influenced by the nontraditional aspects of Japanese art. As in ukiyo-e, Japanese color woodcuts, Nicholson used a limited color scheme and simplified forms, silhouetting his subjects on solid backgrounds that flatten space. An Alphabet was the first of several sets of prints Nicholson made for the publisher William Heinemann, who was not solely motivated by profit; he found books a source of intellectual pleasure and, as a cultured man with cosmopolitan tastes, appreciated Nicholson’s bold and witty designs. Nicholson cut…
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Bonebrake, 2010.628
Registry history
- 1897 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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