Plate with omega symbol
Plate with overglaze geometric design enclosing Omega symbol

Copyright

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Maker

Attributed to
Attributed to
(Artists)
1866-1934
Attributed to
Attributed to
(Artists)
1885-1978


(Artists)

Title

Plate with omega symbol
Plate with overglaze geometric design enclosing Omega symbol

Date of Production

1913

Medium

Glazed earthenware with painted decoration.

Dimensions

Height: 2.9 cm
Diameter: 25 cm

Object Number

O.1958.PD.258

Mode of Acquisition

Pamela Diamand, gift, 1958

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

On display

Keywords

Label Text

Painted plates were among the Omega’s first experiments in ceramics, with the workshop often painting directly onto commercially produced white plates. Here, within the bold geometric design, the omega symbol at the centre functions as a decorative device, a motif encouraged by Fry.

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : painted twice in blue : on base : Omega symbol within a square :

Inscription: inscription : stamped : on base : manufacturer's details : John Maddock and Sons Ltd / Royal Vitreous / England

Provenance

Pamela Diamand Gift, 1958

Exhibition History

Post-Impressionist Living: The Omega Workshops, The Wolfson Gallery, Charleston, East Sussex, 14/09/2019-19/01/2020
Modern Couples, Centre Pompidou-Metz, France, 26/04/2018-20/08/2018; Barbican Art Gallery, London, 10/10/2018-27/01/2019
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Bloomsbury Spirit, Artipelag, Stockholm, 23/03/2018-30/09/2018
Special Display - Bloomsbury Art & Design, 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
Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/06/2009-20/09/2009
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 15/10/1999-23/01/2000
Roger Fry and the Omega Workshops, The Courtauld Gallery (Prints and Drawings Study Room), 01/08/1990-02/12/1990
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 18/01/1984-18/03/1984
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Literature

Beyond Bloomsbury - Designs of the Omega Workshops 1913-19, Courtauld Gallery, London, 2009
cat. no. 48
Art Made Modern - Roger Fry's Vision of Art, Courtauld Gallery, London, 1999-2000
cat. no. 109, as by Roger Fry
The Omega Workshops 1913 to 1919, Crafts Council Gallery, London, 1984
cat. no. C12.c, as by Roger Fry

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