Tile design

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1885-1978

Attributed to
(artist)
1879-1961

Title

Tile design

Date of Production

(circa) 1921

Medium

graphite, watercolour and bodycolour on laid paper, now laid down on Japanese tissue; lower edge unevenly torn

Dimensions

Height: 14.1 cm
Width: 21.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1958.PD.31

Mode of Acquisition

Pamela Diamand, gift, 1958

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

Following the closure of the Omega Workshops in 1919, Bell and Grant continued to collaborate on decorative schemes. This is one of two tile designs in The Courtauld's collection (along with D.1958.PD.32) commissioned by the poet and playwright Beatrice Mayor in 1921. Although both artists still strove for the Omega principle of a single, anonymous style, their distinctive hands are visible in both designs. This is particularly apparent in the crosshatched inner borders of two of the tiles; Bell had used the same pattern to decorate the walls at Charleston, the home she shared with Grant.

Provenance

probably acquired from the artist by Roger Fry (1866-1934); by descent to his daughter Pamela Diamand; Pamela Diamand Gift 1958

Exhibition History

Vanessa Bell: A Pioneer of Modern Art, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 25/05/2024-06/10/2024

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

El Grup de Bloomsbury, Sala d'Exposicions de la Caixa, Barcelona, 01/09/1986-01/10/1986 ...More

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. D39

El Grup de Bloomsbury, Sala d'Exposicions de la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain, 1986
cat. no. 58
ill.

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
Appendix, no. 68
ill. on p. 177

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: upper left, graphite, Fry's hand, referring to London Artists Association members' intiials: “D. 1.6” 1.5” / V. 16” 14” / K. 1.6” 3.4””; upper centre, graphite: “P. 2.4” 2.6” 5.4” / R. 2 4” 2.6””; upper right, graphite: “1.6” / beam[?] 36.” [these numbers crossed through] / 44” [this line crossed through] / 3 5” / 3.4””; right margin, graphite: “beam[?] / 17 6” 7 6” / 16 4” 8 4” / 1 5” 23 5” / ca. / 4.5” 12. / 2 [illegible word] 6 or 4 [this line crossed through] / 18 [illegible word] 4 5 6 [this line crossed through] / 4 [illegible word] 4 or 8 or 6. / 15”; lower left, blue ink: “HHF 263.” and added after in graphite: “/31”; lower right, graphite: “V.ED. / 2ea.” Verso (now hidden under Japanese tissue), Duncan Grant’s opinion from 1962: upper left, graphite: “I think later / than ? P.D. / by Bell and Grant for / Mrs. Mayor”.

Collector's mark: none.

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