Design for painted harpsichord lid (recto)
Maker
Attributed to
(artist)
1866-1934
(artist)
1866-1934
Title
Design for painted harpsichord lid (recto)
Date of Production
1918
Medium
graphite and oil paint (recto), oil paint squared in graphite (verso) on board
Dimensions
Height: 25.2 cm
Width: 36.1 cm
Width: 36.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1958.PD.101
Mode of Acquisition
Pamela Diamand, gift, 1958
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This is the abstract design for the top of the lid of a spinet, or small harpsicord. The series of graphite lines parallel with the lower left edge represent the location of the keyboard. The design, which makes use of the irregular shape of the lid as the basic element of its angular decoration, was inspired by the Cubist collages of Picasso and Braque, whom Fry knew and admired. When painting the spinet, Fry closely followed this preliminary design.
Provenance
Roger Fry (1866-1934); by descent to his daughter Pamela Diamand; Pamela Diamand Gift 1958
Exhibition History
Modern Couples, Centre Pompidou-Metz, France, 26/04/2018-20/08/2018; Barbican Art Gallery, London, 10/10/2018-27/01/2019
Special Display - Bloomsbury Art & Design, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 18/01/1984-18/03/1984
Special Display - Bloomsbury Art & Design, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 18/01/1984-18/03/1984
Literature
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 1984
cat. no. D6
Reed, Christopher, Bloomsbury Rooms, New Haven and London 2004
p. 16 (recto), p. 155 (verso)
fig. 80 (recto), fig. 113 (verso)
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
Appendix, no. 44
ill. on p. 174 (recto and verso)
cat. no. D6
Reed, Christopher, Bloomsbury Rooms, New Haven and London 2004
p. 16 (recto), p. 155 (verso)
fig. 80 (recto), fig. 113 (verso)
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
Appendix, no. 44
ill. on p. 174 (recto and verso)
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower right, blue ink: “HHF. 263”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower right, blue ink: “HHF. 263”.
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