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Entrance Hall

Painting
c. 1935 (made)
Artist/Maker
Anonymous (artist)

Pencil and watercolour painting on paper of a circular Art Deco style room. Indigo marble pilasters divide niches in the curved walls filled with glass windows, shelves, flowers, and doors. The floor is a pale violet marble with a sun design stretching outward from the centre to reach two blue bands near the walls. White moulding lines the upper boundary of the walls below a large circular opening in the ceiling that reveals circular columns on an upper storey above.

Object details

Categories
Paintings
Designs
Object type
Painting
TitleEntrance Hall (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil
Watercolour
Paper
Drawn
Painted
Brief description
Painting, pencil and watercolour, painting of an art deco style Entrance Hall, c. 1935, Anonymous
Physical description
Pencil and watercolour painting on paper of a circular Art Deco style room. Indigo marble pilasters divide niches in the curved walls filled with glass windows, shelves, flowers, and doors. The floor is a pale violet marble with a sun design stretching outward from the centre to reach two blue bands near the walls. White moulding lines the upper boundary of the walls below a large circular opening in the ceiling that reveals circular columns on an upper storey above.
Dimensions
  • Width: 36cm
  • Length: 31cm
Style
Art Deco
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Entrance Hall'

    Note
    Inscribed in pencil to the left of the painting.

  • 'G.J. Green'

    Note
    Inscribed in pencil to the right of the painting in a different hand than the other inscription.

Subjects depicted
Entrance Hall
Pilaster
Niche
Double Door
Bouquet
Marble
Column
Suns
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.537-1980

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O550603/entrance-hall-painting-anonymous/
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