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Chan Chan

Design
1995-1996 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for six rugs on one sheet of paper. Two designs are sketches with pencils featuring lines; two are of coloured designs and feature blocks of colour; one is peach and light green with borders of brown on a grey background; the other is off-white, dark peach, and dark orange on a brown background. Of the other two coloured designs, one has a orange and yellow line on a green-grey background, the other has a purple line on a grey and brown background. There are various numbers written in pencil around the designs

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleChan Chan (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Design for rug 'Chan Chan' by Christopher Farr, pencil and watercolour on paper, Britain, 1995-6
Physical description
Design for six rugs on one sheet of paper. Two designs are sketches with pencils featuring lines; two are of coloured designs and feature blocks of colour; one is peach and light green with borders of brown on a grey background; the other is off-white, dark peach, and dark orange on a brown background. Of the other two coloured designs, one has a orange and yellow line on a green-grey background, the other has a purple line on a grey and brown background. There are various numbers written in pencil around the designs
Dimensions
  • Length: 40.5cm
  • Width: 50.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
written in pencil on the top of the page: Scale 1:20, 3.66 m x 2.74 m = 18.3 cm x 13.7 cm; on the left side of page: '3 into 2 colours or 4 - top horizontal lines divides colour field', 'one base colour 2 right angles in 2 other colours?'
Credit line
Given by Christopher Farr
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.1494-2000

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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