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Design for a backdrop for Jacques Copeau's production of 'Twelfth Night'

Maker

(artist)
1885-1978

Title

Design for a backdrop for Jacques Copeau's production of 'Twelfth Night'

Date of Production

1913

Medium

purple crayon, bodycolour and graphite on wove paper, with pinholes at all four corners; loss of media with extensive flaking off

Dimensions

Height: 56.5 cm
Width: 76.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1958.PD.99

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





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

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

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

Duncan Grant, designer, Brighton Art Gallery and Museum, Brighton, England, 11/03/1980-13/04/1980

Duncan Grant, designer, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, England, 01/02/1980-29/02/1980 ...Less

Literature

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
cat. no. 77
ill. on p. 153

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: none.

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