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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Painting in the form of a dish

Dish
1976 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gordon Baldwin is one of the major figures of late 20th-century ceramics. He has also been an influential teacher, both at Eton College, where he taught pottery and sculpture, and as a lecturer at Camberwell and the Central School of Art (both in London). His early works were a pure exploration of abstract sculptural form, and would typically be finished with shiny dark glazes. From the 1970s, however, Baldwin has shown an increasing interest in ceramic vessel forms, and the interplay between shape and painted surface.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePainting in the form of a dish (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, press-moulded, with pink, blue, yellow and green painting in white glaze
Brief description
Stoneware dish, made by Gordon Baldwin, England, 1976
Dimensions
  • Depth: 46.50cm
  • Height: 9.70cm
Marks and inscriptions
'GB 76', painted
Object history
Acquisition details: the potter

RF number: 76/2490
Summary
Gordon Baldwin is one of the major figures of late 20th-century ceramics. He has also been an influential teacher, both at Eton College, where he taught pottery and sculpture, and as a lecturer at Camberwell and the Central School of Art (both in London). His early works were a pure exploration of abstract sculptural form, and would typically be finished with shiny dark glazes. From the 1970s, however, Baldwin has shown an increasing interest in ceramic vessel forms, and the interplay between shape and painted surface.
Bibliographic reference
Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.530-1976

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2000
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