About this artwork
This is an outstanding example of Parker’s detailed technique and skill as a wood engraver. Cutting fine, cross-hatched lines into a wooden block, she captures the softness of the fur, the moisture in the eyes, and also the weight and volume of the cat’s body. With claws out, the cat appears ready to spring at a moment’s notice. Although most of Parker’s prints from this period were produced as book illustrations, this work was an independent print.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Agnes Miller Parker (1895 - 1980) Scottish
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title:The Challenge
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date created:1934
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materials:Wood engraving on paper (23/35)
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measurements:14.20 x 16.40 cm (paper: 17.80 x 21.00 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 1982
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accession number:GMA 2563
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Agnes Miller Parker
Agnes Miller Parker
Agnes Miller Parker was born in Irvine, Ayrshire and studied at Glasgow School of Art. She later taught at the School before marrying fellow student William McCance. The couple moved to London in 1920. Parker’s work of the 1920s is influenced by the Cubist and Vorticist movements. In the early...
