Sketchbook, with preparatory sketches for Jazz Band, Sword Drill, and Clive Brook

Lill Tschudi Swiss

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Tschudi’s sketchbook gives tremendous insight into her working process in preparing the print titled Sword Drill. The soldier standing at the right edge of the watercolor composition has been pasted in, cut from among the iterations in graphite on the opposite page, and enhanced with color. The compression and repetition of the lunging soldiers in a diagonal line that appears to extend infinitely into the distance brings a dynamic sense of movement to the work.

Sketchbook, with preparatory sketches for Jazz Band, Sword Drill, and Clive Brook, Lill Tschudi (Swiss, Schwanden 1911–2004 Schwanden), Watercolor, pencil, and gouache

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