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Rug design
Maker
(artist)
1885-1978
1885-1978
Title
Rug design
Date of Production
1913 - 1915
Medium
graphite and watercolour on wove paper
Dimensions
Height: 28.1 cm
Width: 21.8 cm
Width: 21.8 cm
Accession Number
D.1958.PD.35
Mode of Acquisition
Pamela Diamand, gift, 1958
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© Estate of Duncan Grant. All rights reserved, DACS 2023
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
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Label Text
The simple motifs and bright primary colours shared by this rapidly executed sketch and a similar one in The Courtauld's collection (D.1958.PD.34) suggest that they are both initial ideas for the same object, possibly a doormat. The small size of a mat was well suited o this type of boldly simplified design; indeed, an early Omega Workshops catalogue noted that mats 'are peculiarly adapted to the style of our decoration'.
Provenance
Roger Fry (1866-1934); by descent to his daughter Pamela Diamand; Pamela Diamand Gift 1958
Exhibition History
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2009-20/09/2009
Roger Fry and the Omega Workshops, The Courtauld Gallery (Prints and Drawings Study Room), 01/08/1990-02/12/1990
Roger Fry and the Omega Workshops, The Courtauld Gallery (Prints and Drawings Study Room), 01/08/1990-02/12/1990
Literature
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
cat. no. 24
ill. on p. 105
cat. no. 24
ill. on p. 105
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: centre: University of Cambridge coat of arms.
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite, assessment by Duncan Grant in 1962 when asked to look at this group of works and try to recall artists/subjects: "Duncan Grant rug design (D.G.)”; lower left, blue ink: “HHF. 263” and added after in graphite: “/35”.
Collector's mark: none.
Inscription: Verso: centre, graphite, assessment by Duncan Grant in 1962 when asked to look at this group of works and try to recall artists/subjects: "Duncan Grant rug design (D.G.)”; lower left, blue ink: “HHF. 263” and added after in graphite: “/35”.
Collector's mark: none.
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