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Rug design

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1866-1934

(artist)

Title

Rug design

Date of Production

1913 - 1919

Medium

graphite and bodycolour on wove paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue, with pinholes at corners and lower centre edge; large loss of lower left corner

Dimensions

Height: 36.5 cm
Width: 65.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1958.PD.17

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

The experimental use of materials and methods at the Omega Workshops often leaves the exact process of creation unclear. Here, the blue and red areas have been applied using a brush, whilst a stencil appears to have been used to create the green rectangle. It has been deliberately abraded, perhaps to reveal the grid of pencil marks beneath the green paint. These marks suggest a repeat pattern may have originally been intended, but this idea was either abandoned, or the design was left unfinished.

Provenance

Roger Fry (1866-1934); by descent to his daughter Pamela Diamand; Pamela Diamand Gift 1958

Exhibition History

Special Display - Bloomsbury Art & Design, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017

Literature

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
Appendix, no. 10
ill. on p. 170

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso (hidden under Japanese tissue): upper left, blue ink: “HHF.263.” and added after in graphite: “/17”.

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