Tray design
Maker
(artist)
1866-1934
1866-1934
Title
Tray design
Date of Production
1916
Medium
watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 24.1 cm
Width: 32.6 cm
Width: 32.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1958.PD.33
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 Omega Workshops were founded by painters of the Bloomsbury Group in London. They used Modernist design to react against the heaviness of Victorian interiors, and created domestic objects including rugs, pottery and trays. In contrast to the geometric forms in contemporary paintings by artists who pursued abstraction, here the rectilinear shapes function as a decorative surface design for a practical object.
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
Special Display - The Grid, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/01/2012-28/05/2012
Special Display - The Grid, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/01/2012-28/05/2012
Literature
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
Appendix, no. 39
ill. on p. 173
Appendix, no. 39
ill. on p. 173
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower right, blue ink: “HHF. 263” and added after in graphite: “/33”; lower centre edge, graphite: “T”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower right, blue ink: “HHF. 263” and added after in graphite: “/33”; lower centre edge, graphite: “T”.
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