Chan Chan
Design
1995-1996 (designed)
1995-1996 (designed)
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Design for six rugs on one sheet of paper. Two designs are sketches with pencils featuring lines; two are of coloured designs and feature blocks of colour; one is peach and light green with borders of brown on a grey background; the other is off-white, dark peach, and dark orange on a brown background. Of the other two coloured designs, one has a orange and yellow line on a green-grey background, the other has a purple line on a grey and brown background. There are various numbers written in pencil around the designs
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Chan Chan (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Design for rug 'Chan Chan' by Christopher Farr, pencil and watercolour on paper, Britain, 1995-6 |
| Physical description | Design for six rugs on one sheet of paper. Two designs are sketches with pencils featuring lines; two are of coloured designs and feature blocks of colour; one is peach and light green with borders of brown on a grey background; the other is off-white, dark peach, and dark orange on a brown background. Of the other two coloured designs, one has a orange and yellow line on a green-grey background, the other has a purple line on a grey and brown background. There are various numbers written in pencil around the designs |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions | written in pencil on the top of the page: Scale 1:20, 3.66 m x 2.74 m = 18.3 cm x 13.7 cm; on the left side of page: '3 into 2 colours or 4 - top horizontal lines divides colour field', 'one base colour 2 right angles in 2 other colours?' |
| Credit line | Given by Christopher Farr |
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| Accession number | E.1494-2000 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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