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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 142, The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Gallery

Saxophone and Piano Duo

Pair of Vases
1978 (made)
Artist/Maker
Fritsch, Liz (maker)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

"Saxaphone and Piano Duo", pair of vases, stoneware, pale green, black, pink, brown, mauve and white matt glazes with geometric decoration


Object details

Categories
Studio Ceramics
Images Online
SCRAN
Object type
Pair of vases
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Vase
  • Vase
TitleSaxophone and Piano Duo (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, with matt glazes
Stoneware
Brief description
"Saxaphone and Piano Duo", pair of vases by Liz Fritsch, stoneware, Britain, 1978.
Physical description
"Saxaphone and Piano Duo", pair of vases, stoneware, pale green, black, pink, brown, mauve and white matt glazes with geometric decoration
Dimensions
  • Depth: 10.30cm
  • Height: 26.00cm
Object history
Acquisition details: Leeds City Art Galleries
Bibliographic references
  • Watson, Oliver. British Studio Pottery : the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, Oxford : Phaidon, Christie's, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990
  • Renton, Andrew. Dynamic structures: painted vessels by Elizabeth Fritsch. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 2010. 12 p., ill. Published to accompany the exhibition held at the National Museum Wales, Cardiff, 2 October 2010 - 2 January 2011.
  • Breward Christopher and Wood, Ghislaine. British design from 1948:Innovation in the Modern Age . London, V&A publishing, 2012. p174. ISBN 978 1 851776740
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.160&A-1979

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O19325/saxophone-and-piano-duo-pair-of-vases-fritsch-liz/
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