Escher Cafe
Design
20th century (made)
20th century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Valerie Cort studied Industrial Design at Ravensbourne (formerly Bromley Technical College) and Kingston. Her credo was that designed objects needed to be simple and useful.
This design was produced as part of Cort's student work rather than a commission, though she did send the design to Tate who were for a time interested. However the scheme was never realised.
This design was produced as part of Cort's student work rather than a commission, though she did send the design to Tate who were for a time interested. However the scheme was never realised.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Escher Cafe (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Drawn on paper in pencil and pen then coloured with watercolour, paper is then glued with glue to black shiny card. The back card has had white text printed onto it. |
| Brief description | Valerie Cort; design for a Escher Cafe at Tate, 20th century |
| Physical description | Image of the proposed cafe on paper stuck to black shiny card with the phrase 'Escher Cafe' typed in white in the lower left hand corner of the page. The cafe is filled with three rows of tables and stools, a tree is in near, right hand corner of the cafe and appears to be growing from both the ceiling and floor of the room. The proposed cafe is viewed through the two windows and the doorway into the cafe, through these you see the three remaining walls of the cafe, each of which have two windows. All of the windows are in a 'radius' shape, on the back and right wall of the cafe the arch end of the window is at the bottom with the flat sill at the top, the light fittings 'hang' from the bottom of these windows and pots are on the upside down sill, making the entire window an upside down version of the regular windows on the front and left wall. |
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| Style | |
| Production type | Design |
| Marks and inscriptions | escher café |
| Credit line | The gift of Valerie Cort |
| Summary | Valerie Cort studied Industrial Design at Ravensbourne (formerly Bromley Technical College) and Kingston. Her credo was that designed objects needed to be simple and useful. This design was produced as part of Cort's student work rather than a commission, though she did send the design to Tate who were for a time interested. However the scheme was never realised. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.371-2017 |
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| Record created | January 10, 2017 |
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