Boy and Girl
Head Scarf
1947 (made)
1947 (made)
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White screen-printed silk near-square head scarf. With a design in black and blue with flesh colour and turquoise touches. A naive portrayal of a boy, shown in profile, wears a patterned (non-tartan) kilt and Glengarry style hat. He offers a bunch of flowers to a black-haired girl, shown full face, in a blue dress and striped stockings. Both wear button boots. A black dog leaps up between the two figures. The boy's face, hands and legs, and girl's hands, neck and cheeks are picked out in flesh colour. Standing on a turquoise blue-green ground surrounded by a blue and white frame. Scarf edges have not been rolled or finished.
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | Boy and Girl (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Printed silk |
Brief description | Screen-printed silk 'Boy and Girl' head scarf, designed by André Derain, France, for Ascher Ltd., Great Britain, 1947 |
Physical description | White screen-printed silk near-square head scarf. With a design in black and blue with flesh colour and turquoise touches. A naive portrayal of a boy, shown in profile, wears a patterned (non-tartan) kilt and Glengarry style hat. He offers a bunch of flowers to a black-haired girl, shown full face, in a blue dress and striped stockings. Both wear button boots. A black dog leaps up between the two figures. The boy's face, hands and legs, and girl's hands, neck and cheeks are picked out in flesh colour. Standing on a turquoise blue-green ground surrounded by a blue and white frame. Scarf edges have not been rolled or finished. |
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Production type | Limited edition |
Copy number | 65 of 500 |
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Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1992/465. |
Production | Attribution note: 65th of 500 |
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Accession number | T.91-1992 |
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Record created | May 2, 2008 |
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