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Design
Bawden, Edward - Enlarge image
Design
- Place of origin:
London, England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1953 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Bawden, Edward (C.B.E., R.A., R.D.I.), born 1903 - died 1989 (made)
Guyatt, Richard, born 1914 - died 2007 (made) - Materials and Techniques:
Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
- Museum number:
E.440-2010
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case MB2A, shelf DR77, box LOANS
This design is by Edward Bawden (born Braintree 1903; died Saffron Walden, Essex 1989) who taught at the Royal College of Art from 1933 and Richard Guyatt (born La Coruña, Spain, 1914; died Ham, Wiltshire, 2007) who was Professor of Graphic Arts at the same college. The design shows a perspective view of the Oxford Street frontage of Selfridges department store with proposed decorations for the doorway and windows to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
This drawing is one of three for the Coronation decoration of Selfridges' exterior by these artists in the collection of the V&A. Ephemeral in nature, the drawing shows the way in which the Coronation celebrations engaged participants from a range of British design practice linking them to the commercial enterprise of Oxford Street.
