Abstract design

Maker

Attributed to
(artist)
1885-1978

Title

Abstract design

Date of Production

1913 - 1915

Medium

black chalk and oil paint on brown wove paper: the left edge and sections of the right edge made up with greener paper; pinholes at lower right corner (this is the only intact corner so possible there were pinholes elsewhere before the edges were replaced)

Dimensions

Height: 43.1 cm
Width: 65.6 cm

Accession Number

D.1958.PD.98

Mode of Acquisition

Pamela Diamand, gift, 1958

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

This dynamic pattern of intersecting triangles has affinities with both Cubist and Futurist paintings of the period. The confetti-like dots and fractured composition may have been inspired by the Futurist artist Gino Severini, whom the Omega artists admired. Unlike the Futurists, who sought to capture speed and movement in their art, the Omega artists focused on the possibilities of surface decoration. The purpose of this design is uncertain. It may have been intended for the portfolio of reference designs held by the Omega Workshops that had intentionally flexible uses.

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

Picasso, Braque, Leger and the International Language of Cubism, Complesso del Vittoriano & Rome & Italy, 07/03/2013-30/06/2013 ...More

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 ...Less

Literature

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
cat. no. 10
ill. on p. 95

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.

Collector's mark: none (though unable to check verso due to current mounting).

Inscription: none (though unable to check verso due to current mounting).

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