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I just stumbled on the image at left,
The Cyclist (1913) by Russian futurist (amongst other things) artist, Natalia Goncharova. I love the palette, the graphic text and the subject matter but as an image, well, it is not a favourite. The cyclist isn't moving — it is more like I am looking across from a vantage point on my own bike at a fellow rider as the two of us struggle along a section of pavĂ© – the viewer is being jiggled around.
Still, it is terrific to find such an image by a female artist. I am aware of another image by a woman on which I am more keen. It is the
Tour de Suisse (1935) linocut by Swiss artist Lill Tschudi.
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Whilst it contains static elements the overall effect is of dizzying, sweeping curves. Tschudi's image captures the craziness of a descent. She has forced the tight bends and insane cornering forces into a tiny space as if the riders and their machines are threatening to miss a turn and careen through the edges of the paper. This latter image is quite terrific and, I think, superior to the earlier work by Goncharova.
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