Minesweepers in Port

Edward Alexander Wadsworth British

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Minesweepers were ships that helped locate and detonate sea mines in order to safeguard shipping lanes and ensure that the Germans did not create a naval blockade. In this small print, Wadsworth compressed the space between the ship, the bridge, and other elements in the composition, thus blurring distinctions between object and field to create a sense of visual confusion tantamount to encountering a dazzle ship at sea.

Minesweepers in Port, Edward Alexander Wadsworth (British, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire 1889–1949), Woodcut

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