The Beached Margin is a 1937 painting by the English painter Edward Wadsworth. It depicts a beach still life where three poles in the sand are decorated with semi-abstract objects and geometrical shapes.
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| Artist | Edward Wadsworth |
| Year | 1937 |
| Medium | Tempera on linen |
| Dimensions | 71.1 cm × 101.6 cm (28.0 in × 40.0 in) |
| Location | Tate, London |
Wadsworth was part of the British modernist group Unit One. He was well travelled and, for a British artist at the time, unusually informed about the contemporary art currents in continental Europe. When painting The Beached Margin he was influenced by the Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico.[1] Wadsworth told the magazine Cavalcade that this painting and Visibility Moderate (1934) were based on "fishermen's flag poles, whipped by a sand-raising wind, [seen] on Hastings beach".[2]
The Beached Margin was painted with tempera on linen laid on panel. It is signed "E. Wadsworth 1937". It was purchased by the Tate Gallery in 1938. As of 2017, it was not on display.[1]
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References edit
- ^ a b "The Beached Margin". Tate. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ Black, Jonathan (2005). Edward Wadsworth: Form, Feeling and Calculation. London: Philip Wilson Publishers. p. 94. ISBN 9780856676031.
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