Still Life with Glass Jar and Silver Box

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Maker


1891-1981

Title

Still Life with Glass Jar and Silver Box

Date of Production

1914

Medium

oil on cardboard

Dimensions

Height: 48 cm (board)
Width: 32.8 cm (board)

Object Number

P.1958.PD.171

Mode of Acquisition

Pamela Diamand, gift, 1958

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Location

On display

Keywords

Label Text

This still-life was painted on the back of a laundry box top, which bears a label dated 12 November 1914. Although once assumed to be by Duncan Grant, the laundry’s address near Gill’s in Sussex strongly suggests the attribution to her. Its stylistic similarity to Grant’s work was typical of the shared visual language adopted by artists working at the Omega Workshops in London, an avant-garde decorative art centre. Gill played an important part in keeping the Omega going, running the salesrooms as well as executing many of the designs.

Provenance

Pamela Diamand Gift 1958

Exhibition History

Winifred Gill: A Bloomsbury Pioneer, Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/10/2026-10/02/2027
Beyond the Real: British Still Life, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, 11/05/2024-20/10/2024
Special Display - Bloomsbury Art & Design, Courtauld Gallery, London, 18/02/2017-20/09/2017
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Max Weber: an American cubist in Paris and London, 1905-15, Ben Uri Gallery, London, 24/06/2014-05/10/2014
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