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Toy design - Castanet Dance (body and right arm)

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1891-1981

Title

Toy design - Castanet Dance (body and right arm)

Date of Production

1914 - 1916

Medium

graphite, watercolour and bodycolour; the right arm and castanets cut out from a separate piece of paper and adhered over the figure, which is on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 32 cm
Width: 19.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1958.PD.43.1

Mode of Acquisition

Pamela Diamand, gift, 1958

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

© Bodleian, Oxford

Location

Not currently on display

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Related Works

Toy design - Castanet Dance (left arm)

Label Text

This castanet dancer stands on the points of her feet in a similar posture to The Dancing Master (also in the Gallery’s collection), and shows a further stage in Gill’s experimentation with the actions of her toy designs. Here, the arm is conceived as a separate piece which rotates around the body. The elaborately drawn flowing ribbon conveys a powerful sense of movement and makes for a beautiful and evocative composition.

Provenance

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

Exhibition History

Special Display - Works by Winifred Gill, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 22/05/2009-29/09/2009

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

Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/1999-23/01/2000 ...More

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

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

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. D43b

El Grup de Bloomsbury, Sala d'Exposicions de la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain, 1986
cat. no. 60

Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1999-2000
cat. no. 197 ...More

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
Appendix, no. 49
ill. on p. 175 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: repeated at upper and lower centre: "The New / Smooth Ivory".

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, blue watercolour, titled: “Castanet Dance”. Verso: lower left, blue ink: “HHF. 263” and added after in graphite: “/43”.

Collector's mark: none.

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