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Four-fold screen with Lily pond design
Maker
(Artists)
1885-1978
1885-1978
Title
Four-fold screen with Lily pond design
Date of Production
1913 - 1914
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
Height: 181.3 cm
Width: 60.8 cm
Width: 60.8 cm
Accession Number
F.1961.XX.1
Mode of Acquisition
Feodora Stancioff, gift, in memory of her sister, Lady Muir of Blair Drummond, 1961
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© Estate of Duncan Grant. All rights reserved, DACS 2023
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
Grant developed the ‘lily pond’ pattern from a sketch of a goldfish pond made at Durbins, Fry’s home in Surrey. After Grant had mixed his paint ready for use, Fry suggested he should pour the paint directly from the cans to give the design spontaneity. Lilies, water and goldfish merge into a swirl of abstract shapes that suggest the shifting patterns of colour and light on the pond’s surface. Grant used this design for tables and, challenging the horizontal nature of water, on the vertical panels of this screen.
Provenance
Lady Muir of Blair Drummond (neé Nadejda Stancioff) (1894-1957) (Wife of Sir Alexander Kay Muir, 2nd Baronet (1868-1951); Gift in memory of Lady Muir by her sister Miss Feodora Stancioff (1895-1969), 1961
Exhibition History
Futurism & Europe. The aesthetics of a new world, Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo, 29/04/2023-03/09/2023
Bloomsbury Spirit, Artipelag, Stockholm, 23/03/2018-30/09/2018
Special Display - Bloomsbury Art & Design, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017 ...More
Un Altro Tempo. Vite Nell'Arte, MaRT & Roverto & Italy, 22/09/2012-13/01/2013
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2009-20/09/2009
The Art of Bloomsbury, Tate Gallery, London, 30/10/1999-30/01/2000
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/1999-23/01/2000
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 18/01/1984-18/03/1984
Omega Workshops, Millers & Lewes & England, 1946 ...Less
Bloomsbury Spirit, Artipelag, Stockholm, 23/03/2018-30/09/2018
Special Display - Bloomsbury Art & Design, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017 ...More
Un Altro Tempo. Vite Nell'Arte, MaRT & Roverto & Italy, 22/09/2012-13/01/2013
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2009-20/09/2009
The Art of Bloomsbury, Tate Gallery, London, 30/10/1999-30/01/2000
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/1999-23/01/2000
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 18/01/1984-18/03/1984
Omega Workshops, Millers & Lewes & England, 1946 ...Less
Literature
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
cat. no. 71
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1999-2000
cat. no. 104
The Art of Bloomsbury, Tate Gallery, London, 1999-2000 ...More
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 1984 ...Less
cat. no. 71
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1999-2000
cat. no. 104
The Art of Bloomsbury, Tate Gallery, London, 1999-2000 ...More
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 1984 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: CIRC.806-1966
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