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Design with confronted peacocks (recto)
Unfinished design (verso)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1866-1934

Title

Design with confronted peacocks (recto)
Unfinished design (verso)

Date of Production

1913 - 1914

Medium

graphite and bodycolour (recto), graphite (verso) on wove paper, with a pinhole at each corner

Dimensions

Height: 34.1 cm
Width: 50.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1958.PD.14

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

Much of the Omega’s abstraction was rooted in the natural world. Here, dynamic lines and bold primary colours form the plumage of two peacocks. Joined at the beak, the two birds create a unified pattern against a striking green ground. This design was used to decorate a silk stole, now at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Omega Workshops experimented in combining art with fashion, blending avant-garde aesthetics and popular styles. This echoed the Omega’s intent to incorporate art into everyday life.

Notes

Sketch for this finished design is D.1958.PD.1.

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

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2009-20/09/2009 ...More

Duncan Grant in Twickenham, Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, England, 06/12/2003-14/02/2004

Roger Fry and the Omega Workshops, The Courtauld Gallery (Prints and Drawings Study Room), 01/08/1990-02/12/1990

The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 18/01/1984-18/03/1984 ...Less

Literature

The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 1984
cat. no. D3

Reed, Christopher, Bloomsbury Rooms, New Haven and London 2004
p. 113
fig. 72

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
cat. no. 2
ill. on p. 85

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper left, blue ink: “HHF 263.”; upper centre, graphite, with an arrow pointing up: “Top”; upper centre, graphite: “Imp./2”.

Collector's mark: none.

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