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The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Open Window

The Open Window, Edward Alexander Wadsworth, c. 1914

Edward Wadsworth, portrait

Edward WadsworthEnglish, 1889–1949

The Open Window

c. 1914 · Print

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Not receiving at present

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 3 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

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About the work

Open Window was inspired by Robert Delaunay's 1911 painting La Ville (The City). Like Delaunay, Wadsworth rendered a view over a city at night, but made the checkered patterning-which unites an array of motifs in the painted scene-the theme of his work. Wadsworth liked the possibilities woodcut gave him to explore complete changes of meaning through different color permutations. There are six versions of Open Window with various color combinations.

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Particulars

c. 1914

18891949

Accession number: 1987.49

In the catalog

Prints Woodcut Modernism 20th century England, 20th century

Sources

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access

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Dux et Comes IV, Edward Alexander Wadsworth, 1932

Dux et Comes IV

1932 · Victoria and Albert Museum

Bradford: View of a Town, Edward Wadsworth, c. 1914

Bradford: View of a Town

c. 1914 · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Crouching Nude, Edward Wadsworth, (1920)

Crouching Nude

(1920) · Not on view · The Museum of Modern Art

Bronze Ballet, Edward Wadsworth, 1940

Bronze Ballet

1940 · The National Gallery

Illustration (Typhoon), Edward Alexander Wadsworth, 1914–1915

Illustration (Typhoon)

1914–1915 · Not on view · The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Open Window, Edward Wadsworth, c. 1914

The Open Window

c. 1914 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Dock Scene, Edward Wadsworth, 1918

Dock Scene

1918 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Blast Furnaces II, Edward Wadsworth, 1919

Blast Furnaces II

1919 · Not on view · Art Institute of Chicago

Neighbors at The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Red Kerchief, Claude Monet, c. 1868–73

Claude Monet

The Red Kerchief, c. 1868–73

Melencolia I, Albrecht Dürer, 1514

Albrecht Dürer

Melencolia I, 1514

The Virgin and Child with the Pear, Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Albrecht Dürer

The Virgin and Child with the Pear, 1511

The Nativity, Albrecht Dürer, probably c. 1509/1510

Albrecht Dürer

The Nativity, probably c. 1509/1510

The Virgin and Child on a Crescent with a Starry Crown, Albrecht Dürer, 1508

Albrecht Dürer

The Virgin and Child on a Crescent with a Starry Crown, 1508

The Lamentation, Albrecht Dürer, 1507

Albrecht Dürer

The Lamentation, 1507

Large Horse, Albrecht Dürer, 1505

Albrecht Dürer

Large Horse, 1505

Nemesis (The Great Fortune), Albrecht Dürer, c. 1501/1502

Albrecht Dürer

Nemesis (The Great Fortune), c. 1501/1502