Cyril Power

Cyril Power was a British architect, writer, printmaker, etcher and artist (1872–1951). He was born at England and died at London.

Also recorded as Cyril Edward Power; Cyril E. Power.

Cyril Power in brief

Born
1872
Died
1951
Known for
architect, writer, printmaker, etcher and artist
Place of birth
England
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Recognition and collections

Work by Cyril Power is held by Minneapolis Institute of Art, Auckland Art Gallery, Museum of Modern Art and Print Collection.

Catalogued works

15 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and The Cleveland Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1850 to 2019.

Matriarchy, held by Museum of Modern Art. The Eight, dated 1930, color linocut on japanese paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2019.415. Speed Trial, dated ca. 1932, color linocut, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1988.1100. The Tube Station, dated ca. 1932, color linocut, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2005.470.6. The Merry-Go-Round, dated ca. 1930, linocut on japanese paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2019.592.19. America, dated 1850–54, marble, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1910.30. Mrs. Potter Palmer, dated 1871, carrera marble, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1990.494.2. Ginevra, dated 1865–68, marble, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1972.803. Mr. Potter Palmer, dated 1871, carrera marble, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1990.494.1. London Flats No 2, dated c. 1930, color monotype, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2009.354. The burning desire., dated 2014, held by Wellcome Collection. Pleasure activism : the politics of feeling good / written and gathered by adrienne maree brown., dated [2019], held by Wellcome Collection. Henry Wellcome Letter Book 6, dated Aug 1901 - Jul 1903, held by Wellcome Collection. Henry Wellcome Letter Book 5, dated Jan 1899 - Aug 1901, held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 5 named public collections.

Museum of Modern Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 74 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Power, Cyril Edward, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Cyril Ramaphosa: the path to power in South Africa; Ramaphosa's turn: can Cyril save South Africa?, International Affairs, 2019. Cyril Ramaphosa: The Path to Power in South Africa <b>Cyril Ramaphosa: The Path to Power in South Africa</b> , by Ray Hartley, London, Hurst, 2018, 280 pp., £16.99 (paperback), ISBN 9781787380158, The Round Table, 2019. Foreword: Left Narrative Power: An Antidote to Authoritarianism, Liberation Stories, 2025.

Digitised editions and texts

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by DataCite (Zenodo).

A Matlab / Simulink Based Tool For Power Electronic Circuits (2009) — DataCite (Zenodo).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 3 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 2 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Cyril Power studied at Goldsmiths, University of London and Grosvenor School of Modern Art. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is linocut technique. The authority associates the name with modernism.

Work by Cyril Power is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Auckland Art Gallery, Museum of Modern Art and Print Collection.

Chronology

  1. 1872Cyril Power born at England.
  2. 1930The Eight (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  3. 1930The Merry-Go-Round (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  4. 1932Speed Trial (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  5. 1932The Tube Station (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  6. 1951Cyril Power died at London.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Cyril Ramaphosa: The Path to Power in South Africa <b>Cyril Ramaphosa: The Path to Power in South Africa</b> , by Ray Hartley, London, Hurst, 2018, 280 pp., £16.99 (paperback), ISBN 9781787380158, The Round Table, 2019

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Cyril Ramaphosa: the path to power in South Africa; Ramaphosa's turn: can Cyril save South Africa?, International Affairs, 2019

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Cyril Power”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Foreword: Left Narrative Power: An Antidote to Authoritarianism, Liberation Stories, 2025

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Power, Cyril Edward, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Cyril Power.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  7. 7.

    The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Cyril Power.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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  8. 8.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Cyril Power (74 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 5 works naming Cyril Power.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q5200846: Cyril Power

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  11. 11.

    “Cyril Power”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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