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Rug design

Maker

(artist)

Title

Rug design

Date of Production

1913 - 1915

Medium

graphite and bodycolour on very thin wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 44.4 cm
Width: 50.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1958.PD.91

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 loose, painterly handling and extensive areas of bare paper make it likely that this drawing represents an early stage in the design process. The bright colour and rhythmic composition have an almost musical quality. They show similarities with the abstract paintings of the Russian artist Vassily Kandinsky, who then exhibited frequently in London. Such designs reveal the Omega Workshops’ engagement with the cutting edge of contemporary art and their determination to rupture the boundaries between painting and decoration.

Provenance

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

Exhibition History

Bloomsbury Spirit, Artipelag, Stockholm, 23/03/2018-30/09/2018

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2009-20/09/2009 ...More

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

Literature

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
cat. no. 7
ill. on p. 92

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, graphite: “Courtauld Rot. No. 8.”; lower right, blue ink: “HHF. 263.” and added after in graphite: “/91”.

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