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Summer's Day

Plaque
1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Marit Guinness Aschan (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

Enamel on copper plaque on original mount of wood, painted and covered with canvas and edged with aluminium. The enamel is of an abstract design, entitled 'Summer's Day'. It is painted with thick turquoise, white, pink, blue, green, purple and silver enamels.


Object details

Categories
Plaques & Plaquettes
Enamels
Object type
Plaque
TitleSummer's Day (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Copper, enamel colours, painted, wood, aluminium, canvas.
Copper
Enamel
Wood
Aluminium
Canvas
Painted
Enamelled
Brief description
'Summer's Day', copper plaque painted with enamels, Marit Guinness Aschan, England, 1970.
Physical description
Enamel on copper plaque on original mount of wood, painted and covered with canvas and edged with aluminium. The enamel is of an abstract design, entitled 'Summer's Day'. It is painted with thick turquoise, white, pink, blue, green, purple and silver enamels.
Dimensions
  • Copper panel height: 10.2cm (Note: measured)
  • Copper panel width: 10.2cm (Note: measured)
  • Mount height: 28.4cm (Note: measured)
  • Mount width: 20.9cm (Note: measured)
  • Whole object including mount depth: 3.8cm (approx.) (Note: measured)
Marks and inscriptions
  • "Summer's Day by Marit Cuinness Aschan" and dated in pencil 1970 (on the plaque)
  • "For Ada with love from Marit "Summer's Day" Marit Guinness Aschan" and numbered 118 in ink. (On frame, inscribed with ballpoint pen)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Ada Polak
Object history
Given to Ada Polak by the artist. Marit Guinness Aschan is partly Norwegian.
Bibliographic reference
Graham Hughes: Marit Guinness Aschan: enamellist of our time, London, Starcity, ca.1995
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.22-1992

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O333055/summers-day-plaque-marit-guinness-aschan/
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